Buchanania obovata

Buchanania obovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Genus:	Buchanania
Species:	B. obovata
Binomial name
	Buchanania obovata; Engl.

Buchanania obovata is a small to medium-sized understorey tree in woodlands native to northern Australia.^[2] Common names include green plum and wild mango.^[3]^[4]

Leaves are smooth, thick, leathery, broadly oblong, 5–25 centimetres (2.0–9.8 in) long and 1.5–10 centimetres (0.59–3.94 in) wide. Flowers are small, cream-coloured and 0.5 centimetres (0.20 in) across. The fruit is smooth, fleshy, lens-shaped, 1–1.7 centimetres (0.39–0.67 in) long.

The species was formally described in 1883 based on plant material collected from Escape Cliffs in the Northern Territory by C. Hull.^[2]

UsesEdit

The fruit is traditionally eaten by Aborigines. The plant also has traditional medicinal uses.^[5]

ReferencesEdit

^ "Buchanania obovata Engl". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Buchanania obovata Engl". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
^ Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (December 2010). "Factsheet – Buchanania obovata". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 29 August 2013.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ Paczkowska, Grazyna (1 May 1996). "Buchanania obovata Engl". FloraBase. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
^ Brock, John (1988). Top End Native Plants. ISBN 0-7316-0859-3.