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species worth seeking may only be
available occasionally from specialist
nurseries offering native rainforest
plants, and if currently grown are
probably limited to botanic gardens
and enthusiast’s collections.
Their wetter rainforest origins suggests
they are likely to need more water
than J. pseudorhus.
Jagera dasyantha has since
been reclassified to a new genus,
as Cnesmocarpon dasyantha; a large
tree to 25m from wet upland rainforests
in NE Qld, with red bristly seed capsules.
I have not seen the adult trees, however
seedlings and saplings along old logging
trails appear quite ornamental, with
broad bluish-green leaflets, whitish
underneath and red new growth.
Jagera javanica as its name
suggests occurs through Indonesia
to New Guinea, with an outlying population
in NE Qld’s Daintree rainforest,
saplings form slender elegant treelets
on forest edges, with pinnate leaves
to 40cm long.
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