Maackia australis (Dunn) Takeda

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Maackia

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, to 2 m tall; branchlets ± glabrous. Leaves 13.8-22 cm; leaflets 7-11, ovate to ovate-elliptic, 2.5-7.6 × 1.3-4.1 cm, glabrous, base cuneate or rounded, apex acute or acuminate. Racemes 10-20 cm. Flowers 6-7 mm; pedicels 2.5-5 mm. Calyx campanulate, 2.1-2.4 mm; teeth to 1 mm. Corolla white, 5-6 mm; standard elliptic-obovate, apex slightly emarginate, narrowed to a short claw; wings narrowly elliptic, auricles short. Ovary narrowly elliptic, densely hairy. Legumes flat, oval or ovate, 2.8-3.5 × 1.2-1.7 cm, pubescent to nearly glabrous, at least slightly golden glandular, wing 0.4-1.1 mm, rarely absent; fruit neck absent. Seeds 1-3, yellow, flat, oval, 7-9 mm. Fl. Jul.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Maackia australis world distribution map, present in China and Hong Kong

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1158058-2
WFO ID wfo-0000197212
COL ID 3WVTN
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Synonyms

Maackia australis Cladrastis australis Maackia ellipticocarpa