- Reference
- Sp.Pl. 1:34 (1753)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tree, to 10(-24) m high. Fl. yellow, Dec or Jan to Jun. Cultivated & occasionally naturalised.
Scientific Description
Erect, tree. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, 85-140 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, leaflets 26-32, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present but early deciduous ( only visible on youngest leaves ). Pedicel present, 5-10 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent, 5-8 mm long, hairy, not striate. Corolla uniformly coloured, yellow. Fruit indehiscent and splitting into sections (schizocarps), 55-85 mm long, 15-26 mm wide, stipitate, constricted between the seeds, glabrous, not beaked. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June and December. Occurs in the Northern and Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Pilbara, Northern Kimberley and Dampierland IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Dampierland, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Keep, Mitchell, Pindanland, Roebourne.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Christmas Island, Karratha, Wyndham-East Kimberley.