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Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Mart.

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Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Mart. (1835)

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(R.Br.) Mart.
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Mart.
1835
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Racosperma melanoxylon

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melanoxylon

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Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Mart.

Shrub or tree; twigs ribbed, glabrous to densely hairy. Lvs reduced to phyllodes, alternate; phyllodes glabrous, narrowly obovate, elliptic and symmetric or falcate, usually obtuse, sometimes shortly mucronate, entire, (40)-60-100 × 8-20 mm, with 3-4 prominent veins; stipules triangular, 1-2 mm long, conspicuous in young plants only. Infl. of few to numerous, many-flowered, pale creamy yellow, globose heads; heads solitary or in axillary racemes usually > lvs. Fls 5-merous, sessile. Pod glabrous, twisted or spiralled, 8-10 cm long (up to 4 cm diam.), 5-8 mm wide; aril pink to crimson or red, encircling seed.

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Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Mart.
Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Mart.

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21ef57a3-a018-42ab-8c81-7b035f7bc2ff
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1 January 2000
14 June 2021
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