- Reference
- Prodr.Fl.Ind.Orient. 1:464,468 (1834)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub or tree, 1-8 m high. Fl. green/white, Jan to Jun. Red loam, sand or laterite. Sandstone screes & cliffs, basalt boulders.
Scientific Description
Tree, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs simple. Leaves alternate, compound, 70-300 mm long, with 5-9 leaflets, each 30-50 mm long, 10-40 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with simple hairs or stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 2-5 mm long; corolla white or cream or green, petals five, 5-8.5 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May and June. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Darwin Coastal, Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mitchell.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.