- Reference
- Telopea 4:34 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tree, 6-20 m high. Fl. white-pink, Nov or Jan. Sandy loam over sandstone. Wet conditions, along creeks & springs.
Scientific Description
Tree, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, compound, 150-280 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 100-145 mm long, 50-70 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); calyx present, 1-2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 3-7 mm long, free, glabrous; stamens the same number as petals, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1.5-2.5 mm long, without an appendage; style 4-14 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in January and November. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Victoria Bonaparte, Ord-Victoria-Plain and Dampierland IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Dampierland, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Keep, Pindanland, Purnululu.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.