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Flindersia brayleyana

F.Muell. (1866)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Flindersia

Queensland maple, silkwood

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees up to 35 m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (pinnate). Usually opposite. Leaflets 6–12 pairs, ovate–elliptic, asymmetrical 13–20 cm long, 5–7.5 cm wide. Apex attenuate. Base cuneate to rounded. Surfaces glabrous, glandular punctate. Margins weakly revolute. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers bisexual (perfect), 3–4 mm long. Calyx of 5 sepals. Corolla of 5 petals, white. Stamens 5, alternating with staminodes 5, Staminal filaments pubescent at apex. Ovary superior, 5-celled, usually pubescent; ovules usually 5–6 per cell; style base with 5 glands.

Fruit: Capsules dark brown; cylindrical; slightly 5–angled; 6–10 cm long; ca. 2.5 cm in diameter; pericarp somewhat woody; often tuberculate. Seeds 4.5–6 cm long (including membranous wings).

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Wind
Forestry

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fragm. 5: 143 (1866)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1175 (H); Oppenheimer 2003:24 (WM); Starr et al. 2004:27 (EM); Staples & Herbst 2005:500 (KEY), 509 (DESCR); Brock et al. 2023:140 (K); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:209 (O)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Flindersia brayleyana Honolulu, Tantalus Drive Preserved_Specimen Little Jr., E.L. 31003 Oahu BISH 1976-08-05
2 Flindersia brayleyana Waiakea HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 12/1/2017
3 Flindersia brayleyana 7 mi SW of State Route 11 on Mamaki Rd to Kulani Prison. Waiakea Forest Reserve Preserved_Specimen Miller, J.S. 7938 Hawaii BISH 1992-08-06
4 Flindersia brayleyana ahupuaa of Halepuaa Forest Reserve in the Puna District. Planted in the US Forest Service Site Experimental Planting Area Preserved_Specimen ESP Field Crew Hawaii BISH 1979-10-11
5 Flindersia brayleyana Kawaihau District; Keahou Arboretum, along upper Highway 580 straddling Keahua Stream Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 4930 Kauai BISH 1992-03-17
6 Flindersia brayleyana Hilo HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 8/28/2003
7 Flindersia brayleyana Tantalus HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Oahu 8/2/2009
8 Flindersia brayleyana Manoa Cliff Trail HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Oahu 10/19/2019
9 Flindersia brayleyana Waikea [probably Waiakea] HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 4/18/2002
10 Flindersia brayleyana Hilo HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 3/11/2004
11 Flindersia brayleyana unknown Preserved_Specimen BISH
12 Flindersia brayleyana East Maui, Kuhiwa Forest Reserve, Hana Hwy Lowland wet forest, forestry plantation. Associated vegetation: Eucalyptus, common roadside weeds. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 209135 Maui BISH 2002-09-13
13 Flindersia brayleyana Ookala HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 3/30/2012
14 Flindersia brayleyana East Maui, Kuhiwa Forest Reserve, Hana Hwy Lowland wet forest, forestry plantation. Associated vegetation: Eucalyptus, common roadside weeds. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 209135 Maui BISH 2002-09-13
15 Flindersia brayleyana W Maui, Wailuku District, Waihee, Kanoa Ridge Along Waihe`e Ridge Trail. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 120008 Maui BISH 2000-12-10
16 Flindersia brayleyana Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, Moleka Str. rainfall 60in +/- clay soil, 1 in grove of 25 trees, much natural reproduction Preserved_Specimen Landgraf, M.F. Oahu BISH 1958-06-03
17 Flindersia brayleyana W Maui, Wailuku District, Waihee, Kanoa Ridge Along Waihe`e Ridge Trail. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 120008 Maui BISH 2000-12-10
18 Flindersia brayleyana Tantalus Drive, near Honolulu Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Little Jr., E.L. 31003 Oahu BISH 1976-08-05
19 Flindersia brayleyana ahupuaa of Halepuaa Forest Reserve in the Puna District. In the US Forest Service Site 1 Experimental Planting Area Planted in the Experimental planting area. Preserved_Specimen ESP Field Crew Hawaii BISH 1979-10-11
20 Flindersia brayleyana Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, Moleka Str. rainfall 60in +/- clay soil, 1 in grove of 25 trees, much natural reproduction Preserved_Specimen Landgraf, M.F. Oahu BISH 1958-06-03
21 Flindersia brayleyana Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, Moleka Str. rainfall 60in +/- clay soil, 1 in grove of 25 trees, much natural reproduction Preserved_Specimen Landgraf, M.F. Oahu BISH 1958-06-03
22 Flindersia brayleyana East Maui, Kuhiwa Forest Reserve, Hana Hwy Lowland wet forest, forestry plantation. Associated vegetation: Eucalyptus, common roadside weeds. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 209135 Maui BISH 2002-09-13
23 Flindersia brayleyana East Maui, Kuhiwa Forest Reserve, Hana Hwy Lowland wet forest, forestry plantation. Associated vegetation: Eucalyptus, common roadside weeds. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 209135 Maui BISH 2002-09-13
24 Flindersia brayleyana Lihue District. Lihue, in front of Water Department office along Pua Loke Street (across from Kukui Grove shopping center) Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 6584 Kauai BISH 1990-08-09
25 Flindersia brayleyana Kawaihau District, Keahou Arboretum along upper Highway 580 straddling Keahua Stream Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 4930 Kauai BISH 1992-03-17
26 Flindersia brayleyana Onomea HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 12/29/2010
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