Endiandra longipedicellata is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to northeast Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1920, with a conservation status of least concern.
Description Endiandra longipedicellata is a tree that may grow to about in height and diameter. The trunk is often buttressed and the bark is nondescript. The leaves are generally about long and wide and have 5–9 pairs of lateral veins. The upperside is green, the underside slightly . The midrib is flush with the upper surface of the leaf blade. The petiole averages about long, and domatia are absent.
The inflorescence is a panicle emerging from the and extending beyond the leaves. Flowers are green or olive green. They are unscented and have six tepals (two whorls of three each) about long. The fruit is an ellipsoid drupe, dark blue or black, glaucous, up to long and wide. It contains a single brown seed about long and wide.
Distribution It is found from the top of Cape York Peninsula to the area around Ingham. It grows on various soil types in rainforest and drier forests such as gallery forest and monsoon forest, and up to above sea level.
Ecology The fruit of E. longipedicellata is eaten by cassowaries.
Conservation This species was assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2018 and found to be of least-concern. It is also rated as least-concern by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act. In its statement, the IUCN cites the lack of any perceived threat to the species, as well as a wide distribution and large population, as the basis for the assessment.
Uses The timber produced by this tree is sold as a general purpose timber under the name "buff walnut". It has a density of 975 kg/m³.
References
External links
Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist