Scientific Name: Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle

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  • Common Name:
    Red Bean
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    MELIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cream, hairy , in branched panicles from upper leaf axils. January to July
  • Fruit:
    Capsule, yellow/brown, warty, wrinkled. Ripe November to February.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical rainforest, littoral rainforest, riverine scrub
  • Species List:
    Kin Kin area
Identification Notes

Bark grey/brown, scaly. branchlets greenish becoming hairy towards ends, petioles hairy, leaves compound, alternate, pinate, 11-23 opposite on rachis, leaflets unequal sided atbase and drawnto blunt point at apex. (Janet Hauser, Fragments of Green)

Landscaping Notes

Fast-growing species suitable for large open situation.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||