Levieria acuminata, commonly known as straw beech, is a species of plant in the family Monimiaceae. It is native to Papua New Guinea and the Australian state of Queensland.
Description Levieria acuminata is a tree which may reach a height of . The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on the twigs and are usually (hairless). They are ovate in outline (broad at the base and narrowing towards the tip) or elliptic. The inflorescences carry flowers that are either male only or female only. Male inflorescences grow to about long, female ones to about long. Both flower types are globose and diameter. The fruit is a reddish black ovoid drupe about long containing a single seed.
Taxonomy This species was originally described as Mollinedia acuminata by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1866, and was transferred to its current name in 1901 by Janet Russell Perkins.
Conservation , this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.
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Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist Images of this species on Flickriver.com