tree id needed - endemic
 

i ahve pic's on the following links of a tree that i have been told
and as far as i can determine is endemic to the gunalda range area,
gunalda being app" 30 kilometers north of gympie.

they are deciduous and flower in the early spring just as the new
leaves begin appearing.

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/g...9215216779.jpg

the tallest tree in the area is app' 8 meters

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/g...9252117378.jpg

the leaflets are 2 to 3"s long

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/g...9283717890.jpg

the flower buds

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/g...9300018149.jpg

the fragrance is sweet like an orchid, the sprays and blooms resemble
a den" orchid with the sprays being around 10"s or so long.

tia

len
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looks like it will be one of these 2:

cassia brewsteri - brewsteri

or

c. queenslandica

len

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I wonder whether it might be some kind of Cassia, perhaps Cassia
brewsteri (the Leichhardt bean)?

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 11:25:58 +1000, len gardener
wrote:

i ahve pic's on the following links of a tree that i have been told
and as far as i can determine is endemic to the gunalda range area,
gunalda being app" 30 kilometers north of gympie.

they are deciduous and flower in the early spring just as the new
leaves begin appearing.

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/g...9215216779.jpg

the tallest tree in the area is app' 8 meters

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/g...9252117378.jpg

the leaflets are 2 to 3"s long

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/g...9283717890.jpg

the flower buds

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/g...9300018149.jpg

the fragrance is sweet like an orchid, the sprays and blooms resemble
a den" orchid with the sprays being around 10"s or so long.

tia

len

g'day richard,

thanks mate after much digging aropund so to speak that's what the
general concensus is that it is a 'cassia brewsteri var brewsteri' the
'leichhardt bean'

very showy strange they don't feature in more gardens

len

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