Common name: Veiny Lace Flower, Small-flower Laceflower
Archidendron muellerianum (Maiden & R.T.Baker) I.C.Nielsen APNI* Synonyms: Pithecellobium muelleriana (Maiden & R.T.Baker) Maiden & Betche APNI*
Abarema muelleriana (Maiden & R.T.Baker) Kosterm. APNI*
Albizia muelleriana Maiden & R.T.Baker APNI*
Description: Tree to c. 20 m high; trunk grey, sometimes ± buttressed.
Leaves with 1 pair of pinnae; pinnules 2–5 per pinnae, alternate with terminal pair sometimes opposite, elliptic to obovate, 4–13 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, apex rounded or blunt, base mostly symmetric, both surfaces ± glabrous or lower surface sometimes ± hairy, discolourous; jugary gland at junction of pinnae.
Heads 6–10-flowered, 4–6 cm diam. Calyx 4–6 mm long. Corolla 5–6 mm long. Stamens 15–20 mm long, whitish green.
Pod linear-oblong, 4–8 cm long, 8–10 mm wide, wrinkled and twisted, red or reddish brown on outside, deep orange inside; seeds c. 6 mm long.
Flowering: November–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows chiefly in subtropical and littoral rainforest, north from Alstonville district.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: R.S. Cowan (1998)
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