Once upon a time, there was a peculiar plant called Lepiderema. Unlike other plants, Lepiderema could change the color and pattern of its leaves based on its mood. One day, Lepiderema’s owner, Sarah, noticed its leaves turning bright red with polka dots. Confused, Sarah asked Lepiderema what was wrong. Surprisingly, Lepiderema spelled out “water, please” using its patterned leaves. Sarah quickly watered it, and magically, Lepiderema’s leaves changed back to their original green color. From that day on, Sarah had an extraordinary companion in her garden, teaching her the importance of understanding and caring for nature in its own unique language.
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Short Description
Lepiderema is a genus of nine species of trees from the family Sapindaceae. As of November 2013[update] botanists know of seven species growing naturally in Australia and two species in New Guinea. Published botanical science provides a limited knowledge of the full range of diversity in Australia and especially in New Guinea. In New Guinea the two known species have descriptions based each on only a single type specimen collection. Therefore, collection of more specimens and more species is most likely in New Guinea. In Australia they grow in rainforests of the northern half of the east coast side of the Great Dividing Range, from northeastern New South Wales through to northeastern Queensland.
In Australia, some species share the name tuckeroo with the closely related genus Cupaniopsis.
The northeastern NSW and southeastern Queensland endemic species L. pulchella has obtained the conservation status of “vulnerable” species by both the Qld and NSW governments.: 52
Two of the northeastern Queensland endemic species L. hirsuta and L. largiflorens have the Queensland government conservation status of “near threatened” species.: 71
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