This tree lost its tag in our collection at some point. It is definitely a woody tree or at least a shrub, but has been stunted as we won't plant it out until we know what it is. No idea if it is native or exotic, but more likely the latter. It goes dormant in winter, but does not appear to be a sensitive tropical.
Sorry, forgot to get a good pic of the leaves, but from memory there are multiple leaflets. Have definitely seen 3 leaflets, but may even be more.
Flowers late autumn and has not produced any seed. The flower spikes in the pics are actually mostly spent flowers - the many little upward pointing pods are the flower stalks which persist for quite a while as if they are develping into seed pods. But they fall off eventually without swelling.
The tree is only about 1m tall [due to pot constriction I presume], so the flower is quite large for the tree it is on. For size reference, the flower stalk is about 2cm, the flower about 7mm and the whole spike about 30cm.
The flower spike looks quite distinct and I am sure it will provide a hint to at least family level. I might even remember the species then.
This tree lost its tag in our collection at some point. It is definitely a woody tree or at least a shrub, but has been stunted as we won't plant it out until we know what it is. No idea if it is native or exotic, but more likely the latter. It goes dormant in winter, but does not appear to be a sensitive tropical.
Sorry, forgot to get a good pic of the leaves, but from memory there are multiple leaflets. Have definitely seen 3 leaflets, but may even be more.
Flowers late autumn and has not produced any seed. The flower spikes in the pics are actually mostly spent flowers - the many little upward pointing pods are the flower stalks which persist for quite a while as if they are develping into seed pods. But they fall off eventually without swelling.
The tree is only about 1m tall [due to pot constriction I presume], so the flower is quite large for the tree it is on. For size reference, the flower stalk is about 2cm, the flower about 7mm and the whole spike about 30cm.
The flower spike looks quite distinct and I am sure it will provide a hint to at least family level. I might even remember the species then.
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