Synonym: Aceratium insulare.
English: Rusty carabeen.
Region: northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Habitat: wet tropical rainforests; luxuriant, mature, mountain rainforest; soils built from granite parent materials.
Clades:
Elaeocarpaceae.
BotanyMedium-sized trees; to 30 m tall.
Stem: fluted trunks.
Leaves: opposite; dense rusty hairs all over them which persist on the underside and the top midrib; 7.5 cm–16 cm × 3.5 cm–7.5 cm.
Inflorescence: bunches of flowers; racemes of pink flowers; approximately 20 mm long.
Flowers: yellow–orange–red, oval; fibrous ripe flesh; smells like ripe watermelon; 30 mm–45 mm × 18 mm–28 mm.