Adenanthera pavonina
Mata KōviriviriRed-bead Tree
Type | Description | Download |
Image: | Leaves and pods (unripe and open) | 63KB |
Image: | Leaves and open seed pods | 67KB |
Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present | ||||||||
RR |
MG |
AT |
MK |
MT |
AK |
PL |
TK |
MN |
+++ |
+++ |
++++ |
+++ |
P |
+++ |
- |
- |
- |
Northern Group: - | |||||
TN |
MH |
RK |
PK |
NS |
SW |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Adenanthera pavonina Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Fabales (Legumes); MIMOSACEAE
SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food (SD 2+), (Material (Adornment)). Comments: MATERIAL: Purplish coloured wood used in cabinet making, sometimes substituting for Rosewood. Said to be of the hardness of Beech [Nothofagus spp.].
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Invasive - serious, Weed - moderate. Comments: A widespread invasive, sometimes forming very dense thickets, in the makatea forests of Atiu and Mauke, mainly a long walking tracks were the seeds ahve been spread by people. This species will become incresaing widespread and invasive in natural and disturbed environments.
Vouchers:
None Recorded.
References:
p.414 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.23 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.3/056 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.54 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.376e Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands
Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03b
McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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