Pararchidendron pruinosum (Bentham) I. C. Nielsen, Fabaceae

Click on an image for links to BIGGER PICTURES

Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 1 (Go to the risk assessment).

Other Latin names:  Pithecellobium pruinosum Benth.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: malla waundie, snow wood, stinkwood, talingora

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Spreading tree 2.5-20 m tall, most parts ± puberulous. Leaves: axes with gland below basal pair of pinnae, smaller ones at apical pair and at base of some leaflets; pinnae (1-) 2-3 (-4)-jugate. Leaflets 6-12-jugate, elliptic to oval to lanceolate-elliptic, often inequilateral, sometimes subrhomboidal, rounded-obtuse or narrowed to obtuse tip; median ones (2.8-) 3.5-8 cm long, 1.2-4 cm wide, glabrous except costa sometimes puberulous. Inflorescences capitate on peduncles 3.5-10 cm long. Flowers cream to white, puberulous; pedicels 3-6 mm long; calyx cupular to hemispherical; corolla tubular to oblanceolate, 4-7 mm long. Pod 1-11/2-coiled; coils to 6 cm in diameter; valves strongly contorted after dehiscence, 12-20 mm wide, pale red to orange inside, minutely puberulous. Seeds elliptic to subcircular, 4.5-8 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, glossy black"  (Flora of Australia online).

Habitat/ecology:  In Australia (native), "occurs in coastal areas and adjacent islands or extending inland along watercourses"  (Flora of Australia online).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Australia (Queensland and New South Wales), Indonesia, and New Guinea (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1988) (voucher ID: BISH 560019) Taxon name on voucher: Pararchidendron pruinosum
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island)	Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	New South Wales	native	Australian Biological Resources Study (2013)
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	native	Australian Biological Resources Study (2013)
Indonesia Indonesia	Indonesia (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Indonesia Indonesia	West Papua Province (Indonesia) (western New Guinea Island) (formerly Irian Jaya)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Indonesia Indonesia	West Papua Province (Indonesia) (western New Guinea Island) (formerly Irian Jaya)	native	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2013)
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste	East Timor Island	native	ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Pararchidendron pruinosum, please let us know.