''Jedda'' is a monotypic plant genus in the Thymelaeaceae family, its only species being ''Jedda multicaulis''. The species is an upright, evergreen bush indigenous (ecology), indigenous to tropical Australia, discovered in the early 1980s on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, in an area of grassy forest land. The full extent of its distribution is unknown. The name ''Jedda'' is a toponymy, toponym from Jedda Creek, which is close to where the type (biology), type specimen was collected from.

Description

''Jedda multicaulis'' is a multi-stemmed, upright, evergreen bush (1.5–2.5 m tall). plant stem, Stems, which are smooth, reddish-brown, and cylindrical when young, and woody as they age, arise from a central corm. Glabrous, coriaceous, point-tipped, oval-shaped leaves (2.5–7 mm long × 8–25 mm wide), are arranged oppositely, or nearly oppositely, along the stems. Inflorescences (2–4 mm long) are clusters of usually three, occasionally up to five flowers, set in bracts. Flower base is tubular (7–9 mm long), extending into sepals and white corolla (flower), corolla lobes (3.8–5 mm long). Flowers come out in October. Fruits (6–8 cm long × 4–6 cm wide) which are sometimes vivipary, viviparous and exhibit cryptogeal (i.e. plant burrows under the soil) germination, are green leathery berry (botany), berries or achenes.

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Type specimen photo
from the Missouri Botanic Garden
Fruit photo
from the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Distributional map
from Australian National Botanic Gardens Endemic flora of Australia Flora of Queensland Rosids of Australia Plants described in 1986 Thymelaeoideae {{Thymelaeaceae-stub