About Flindersia collina (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey
Flindersia collina is a tree that typically grows to a height of 40 metres (130 feet). It sheds its bark in oval flakes, which leaves shallow depressions on the trunk surface. Its leaves are arranged in roughly opposite pairs, and most are pinnate, with between three and seven elliptical to egg-shaped leaflets that narrow towards the base. Most leaflets measure 25 to 90 millimetres (0.98 to 3.54 inches) long, 10 to 47 millimetres (0.39 to 1.85 inches) wide, and are sessile. When simple leaves occur, they are the same general shape as the leaflets, 18 to 45 millimetres (0.71 to 1.77 inches) long, 10 to 30 millimetres (0.39 to 1.18 inches) wide, and grow on a petiole 2 to 15 millimetres (0.079 to 0.591 inches) long. The species produces flowers arranged in panicles 30 to 180 millimetres (1.2 to 7.1 inches) long, and usually includes at least a few male-only flowers. Individual flowers are about 5 to 8 millimetres (0.20 to 0.31 inches) wide, with sepals about 1 millimetre (0.039 inches) long, and white petals 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 inches) long. Flowering can occur throughout the year, with a main flowering period in spring. The fruit is a woody capsule 25 to 50 millimetres (0.98 to 1.97 inches) long, which contains winged seeds 14 to 25 millimetres (0.55 to 0.98 inches) long. This species, commonly called broad-leaved leopard tree, grows in rainforest and dry scrub. It occurs at elevations from near sea level up to 700 metres (2,300 feet), and is found between Rinyirru National Park in far northern Queensland and Toonumbar in far north-eastern New South Wales.
