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Classification
Class
Order
Family
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen in Nielsen et al., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 5: 326 (1984 [1983])
Synonymy:
- ≡ Acacia lophantha Willd. (1806)
- ≡ Albizia lophantha (Willd.) Benth. (1844)
Vernacular Name(s):
Brush wattle; Cape Leeuwin wattle; Plume albizia; Tree in a hurry
Description
Evergreen shrub to small tree; twigs ribbed, densely hairy. Lvs 2-pinnate, alternate, moderately hairy on rachis, sparsely hairy on lower surface of pinnules; pinnae in 8–15 pairs; pinnules in 20–40–(45) pairs, fairly close set, oblong, acute, entire, asymmetric with one prominent vein closer to upper margin, 5–10 × 1–2.5 mm; petiole 3–8 cm long; stipules minute; usually a solitary gland present on petiole only, sometimes small glands present between 2 uppermost pairs of pinnules. Fls 5-merous, greenish yellow, shortly pedicellate, numerous, in axillary simple racemes much < lvs; bracts subtending raceme, and bracteoles subtending pedicels small, narrow-triangular, caducous. Pod glabrous, straight, 8–15 cm long, 12–18 mm wide; seed dark brown or black, smooth, ellipsoid, c. 7 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: May–Aug.
Bibliography
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington. [as Albizia lophantha (Willd.) Benth.]
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
Nielsen, I.; Guinet, P.; Baretta-Kuipers, T. 1983: Studies in the Malesian, Australian and Pacific Ingeae (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae): the genera Archidendropsis, Wallaceodendron, Paraserianthes, Pararchidendron and Serianthes (part 1). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia: Botanique Phytochemie 5(3): 303–329.
