I feel most privileged to have been personally introduced to this iconic Far North Queensland tree at Coopers Creek by one who has worked personally with the species – Stuart Worboys. The uniquely four-pronged cotyledons of this plant is a botanical curiosity that has no equivalent anywhere else, and the image of seedlings emerging from these brown mandarin sized seeds is a veritable botanical archetype for the region.
Other than that I have to say though that this tree is a most non-descript species.
About David Tng
I am
David Tng, a hedonistic botanizer who pursues plants with a fervour. I chase the opportunity to delve into various aspects of the study of plants. I have spent untold hours staring at mosses and allied plants, taking picture of pollen, culturing orchids in clean cabinets, counting tree rings, monitoring plant flowering times, etc. I am currently engrossed in the study of plant ecology (a grand excuse to see 'anything I can). Sometimes I think of myself as a shadow taxonomist, a sentimental ecologist, and a spiritual environmentalist - but at the very root of it all, a "plant whisperer"!
Leaf Whispering in the Tropics 
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