Ryticaryum longifolium is a species of plant in the family Icacinaceae, native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.
Description Ryticaryum longifolium is a shrub growing to about in height. New growth is covered by short brown hairs. The leaves are mostly hairless, up to long and wide. They have between seven and ten lateral veins on either side of the midrib and are attached to the twigs by a petiole about long.
Small flowers about long are borne on spikes about long. The fruit is red ovoid drupe about long and wide, and contains a single seed. This species is dioecious, meaning that (functionally female) and (functionally male) flowers are borne on separate plants.
Distribution and habitat This species is mostly found in gallery forest alongside watercourses but may also occur in rainforest; the altitudinal range is from close to sea level up to about in Australia, and up to in New Guinea.
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.
Uses In the Solomon Islands, the leaves are cooked and eaten.
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External links
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