Acronychia octandra

Description

A tree to 30 metres in height, with a stem diameter of cm. The trunk is buttressed in larger trees. Bark is a pale greyish brown colour, with cracks and fissures. Also there are flaky corky scales. Small branches are green, hairless with noticeable leaf scars. Leaflets are in threes. Leaflets have no leaf stem. They are to cm long, oblong-elliptical in shape. Oil dots are easily noticed with a hand lens. A dark green above, paler below. Somewhat leathery to the touch. The leaf stalk below the three leaflets is to cm long with a turpentine like smell, and with raised dots on the stalk. Leaf veins easily seen above and below the leaf. The midrib is raised on the underside.