Atalaya salicifolia

Atalaya salicifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Atalaya
Species:	A. salicifolia
Binomial name
Atalaya salicifolia (A.DC.) Blume

Atalaya salicifolia is a species of tree native to dry rainforests of tropical and subtropical Australia, New Guinea and Malesia.

Atalaya salicifolia trunk and leaves. The leaves of smaller trees of this species have the distinct winged rachis seen in this image. In larger trees the rachis becomes increasingly cylindrical

Sources

• Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Atalaya salicifolia". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). 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 12 Mar 2013.