Labichea buettneriana F.Muell.

Shrub to 2 m tall; branchlets densely clothed with appressed to spreading hairs to 0.5 mm long. Leaves imparipinnate, mostly 5-13-foliolate; rachis mostly 1.5-9 cm long. Leaflets opposite or subopposite, oval, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, oblong or sometimes obovate-oblong, 0.8-4.3 cm long, 0.5-2.2 cm wide; apex obtuse or rounded and emarginate or slightly apiculate; lower surface densely clothed with appressed or slightly spreading hairs. Racemes 9-22-flowered, to 10 cm long, longer than the leaves; bracts ovate, 4-6.5 mm long, 3-3.5 mm wide, brown, densely pubescent outside except towards the margins. Sepals 4 or 5; outer two 11-14 mm long, 4.5-7 mm wide; outermost ±cucullate, densely clothed with appressed to slightly ascending hairs. Petals 4. Anthers unequal; short anther 4.5-5.3 mm long; long anther 9-10.5 mm long. Pod 2.8-3.8 cm long, 1.4-1.7 cm wide. Seeds 6.5-7.5 mm long, 5-5.5 mm wide.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in NE Queensland in Australia. It is usually on sand dunes and sandy soils. It grows in places that are occasionally flooded.

The seeds are eaten, raw or cooked. The roots are eaten after roasting.

Plants can be grown from treated seeds or from cuttings.