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Petalostigma quadriloculare F.Muell
Witchetty Bush
The plants are dioecious.

  Petalostigma quadriloculare Petalostigma quadriloculare
Description:Female flower Description:Male flowers
  Location:Port Keats Road, Northern Territory Location:Port Keats Road, Northern Territory
  GPS coordinates:13˚46.2522S, 130°38.3490E GPS coordinates:13˚46.2522S, 130°38.3490E
  Date: 29 May 2018 Date: 29 May 2018
  Field No.: 6648 Field No.: 6647
     
  Petalostigma quadriloculare Petalostigma quadriloculare
 
  Description:Leaf Description:Leaf - underside
  Location:Port Keats Road, Northern Territory Location:Port Keats Road, Northern Territory
  GPS coordinates:13˚46.2522S, 130°38.3490E GPS coordinates:13˚46.2522S, 130°38.3490E
  Date: 29 May 2018 Date: 29 May 2018
  Field No.: 6647 Field No.: 6647
     
  Petalostigma quadriloculare Petalostigma quadriloculare
 
  Description:Male flowers Description:Male plant
  Location:Port Keats Road, Northern Territory Location:Jabiru, Northern Territory
  GPS coordinates:13˚46.2522S, 130°38.3490E GPS coordinates:12˚40.6430S, 132°49.0510E
  Date: 29 May 2018 Date: 7 June 2015
  Field No.: 6647 Field No.: 3184
     
  Petalostigma quadriloculare Petalostigma quadriloculare
 
  Description:Plant Description:Female plant
  Location:Port Keats Road, Northern Territory Location:Port Keats Road, Northern Territory
  GPS coordinates:13˚46.2522S, 130°38.3490E GPS coordinates:13˚46.2522S, 130°38.3490E
  Date: 29 May 2018 Date: 29 May 2018
  Field No.: 6647 Field No.: 6648
     
     
  Petalostigma quadriloculare Petalostigma quadriloculare
 
Description:Plant in habitat Description:Flowering plant (male)
  Location:Port Keats Road, Northern Territory Location:Jabiru, Northern Territory
  GPS coordinates:13˚46.2522S, 130°38.3490E GPS coordinates:12˚40.6430S, 132°49.0510E
  Date: 29 May 2018 Date: 7 June 2015
  Field No.: 6647 Field No.: 3184

 

References (accessed 1 July 2018):

Airy Shaw, H.K. (1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3):644-665

http://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=2060

Airy Shaw, H.K. (1980), New or noteworthy Australian Euphorbiaceae - II. Muelleria 4(3): 218-219

 

 

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Petalostigma quadriloculare