Endiandra monothyra subsp. trichophylla, known as rose walnut, is a subspecies of plant in the family Lauraceae native to Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1989. It has a conservation status of Least concern.
Description Endiandra monothyra subsp. trichophylla is a tree that can grow up to in height and diameter, with a trunk that may be buttressed on older specimens. Petioles average about long. The leaves are generally about long and wide and have 4–6 pairs of lateral veins. They are lanceolate to elliptic, green above and covered with tortuous brown hairs on the lower side. The midrib is depressed on the upper surface of the blade, and domatia are absent.
The inflorescence is a panicle arising from the . Flowers are brown externally, greenish inside, and without scent; they have six hairy tepals up to long. The fruits are a shiny black ellipsoid drupe, about long and wide. They contain a single brown seed up to long and wide.
Distribution The tree is largely restricted to the Atherton Tableland. It grows in well-developed rainforest, at altitudes from .
Conservation It is rated as least concern by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.
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External links
Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist