Orange annona
Meiogyne heteropetala, Fam. Annonaceae
Shrub to 4m tall with hairy stems and branchlets forming a zig-zag. Previously Fitzalania heteropetala , which is still in use in Queensland.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Shrub |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Leaf: | Alternate, appear to arise in one plane (distichous), hairy on the lower surface, venation prominent. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Purple, Green |
| Flower description: | Flowers about 2cm long, usually pendent, solitary in leaf axils and fragrant. Perianth in three whorls, a smaller greenish whorl of three, three large purple tepals and then three smaller ones. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Orange |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Indehiscent, orange, ovoid to cylindrical, cigar-like fruit to 2.5cm long, finely hairy, with up to 12 in the one clump. |
| Habitat: | Vine thicket. |
| Distribution | Queensland. |
| Food source for: | |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia. |
| Notes: | |
| Information sources: | Atlas of Living Australia (2022) Meiogyne heteropetala (F.Muell.) D.C.Thomas, Chaowasku & R.M.K.Saunders., James Cook University (2022) Meiogyne (syn. Fitzalania) heteropetala, Plants by common name., Thomas D.C. et al. (2012) Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the Meiogyne-Fitzalania clade (Annonaceae): Generic paraphyly and late Miocene-Pliocene diversification in Australasia and the Pacific. Taxon 61 (3). |
