Acronychia vestita, commonly known as white aspen, lemon aspen, hairy aspen or fuzzy lemon aspen,[1] is a species of rainforest tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has simple, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged in relatively large groups, mostly in leaf axils and fleshy, pear-shaped to more or less spherical fruit.
Acronychia vestita is a tree that typically grows to a height of . The leaves are simple, elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in relatively large groups long, mainly in leaf axils, each flower on a pedicel long. The four sepals are wide, the four petals long, and the eight stamens alternate in length. Flowering occurs from February to March and the fruit is a fleshy, pear-shaped to more or less spherical drupe long.[2] [3] [4]
Acronychia vestita was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[5] [6]
White aspen grows in rainforest from sea level to an altitude of between Cairns and Rockingham Bay in near-coastal Queensland.
This species is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.