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Coode, Mark J. E. (2007). "Elaeocarpaceae of Papua". In Marshall, Andrew J.; Beehler, Bruce M. (eds.). The Ecology of Papua. Vol. Part 1. Periplus Editions. p. 381. ISBN0794603939.
Elaeocarpaceae of Papua
Mark J. E. Coode
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Aceratium
There are about 17 species of Aceratium altogether (ca 12 in New Guinea of which ten are known from Papua, plus five endemic in Queensland which are distinct from the rest). Few are easy to identify to species. One, A. oppositifolium, is widespread throughout Papuasia, extending west to Buru in Maluku and east to the Solomon Islands. The species is very common and has been reported to have edible fruit; it is usually found in disturbed areas or forest margins. The other species are less common and little is known of their ecology; some are recorded as forest species. Most are small trees at low to middle altitudes, but some (e.g., A. spaerocarpum of southern Papua) can reach 27 m. Petals in Papuan Aceratium are obviously laciniate at apex and the fruits are usually red and ± drupaceous with edible flesh surrounding and attached to a horny or fibrous core with one or more dry seeds. The fruit morphology indicates possible dispersal by bats. Recent as yet unpublished molecular work places Aceratium with Sericolea and both with Elaeocarpus, perhaps even embedded within in (D. Crayn, pers. comm.).
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