| Type | Exotic |
|---|---|
| Family | Leguminosae |
| Common Name | Australian chestnut |
| Origin | Australia |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 25 m high; bark greyish-brown, smooth, blaze dull yellow. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, stipulate; rachis 35-55 cm long, stout, pulvinate, glabrous; leaflets 9-19, subopposite; petiolule 3-5 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina12-15 × 3-5 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base obliquely acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, orange, in 12 cm long, racemes which may be axillary or from the old wood; peduncle to 2.5 cm long; calyx 2 cm, turbinate, broadly 5-lobed; petals 5; standard obovate-orbicular, clawed; wings and keels oblong, to 2 cm; stamens 5, free; ovary inferior, stalked, glabrous, ovules few. Fruit a pod, to 12 x 1 cm, turgid, woody, terete, 2-valved; seeds subglobose, 3 cm wide. |
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