- Taxon
- Weed
- Gallery
Recognition
- a shrub to medium-sized tree usually growing 2-8 m tall.
- its twice-compound leaves (15-30 cm long) have 7-14 pairs of branchlets.
- each leaf branchlet bears 15-40 pairs of small leaflets (4-11 mm long).
- its flowers are arranged in elongated clusters (4-8 cm long) borne singly or in pairs in the upper leaf forks.
- these yellow or greenish-yellow flowers have numerous prominent stamens (6-8 mm long).
- its fruit are elongated and flattened pods (6.5-12 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide) that turn brown or reddish-brown when mature.
[From: Environmental Weeds of Australia]
References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington. [as Albizia lophantha (Willd.) Benth.]
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.