Blackbean

Castanospermum australe

Description 8

Tree, c. 15 m tall; bark dark brown. Leaf imparipinnate, 30-45 cm long; leaflets 11-17, c. 7.5-15 cm long, 5-6 cm broad, elliptic-oblong, glabrous. Inflorescence a raceme, arising from the old wood. Flowers yellow to orange-red. Pedicel c. 16-22 mm long. Calyx cup shaped, teeth obtuse. Vexillum c. 3 cm long. Fruit c. 20-22.5 cm long, c. 5 cm wide, turgid, woody, spongy inside between the seeds.

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) JMK, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Castanospermum_australe%2C_loof_en_peule%2C_Groenkloof.jpg
  2. (c) sea-kangaroo, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), subido por sea-kangaroo
  3. (c) Tatiana Gerus, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgerus/5166868258/
  4. (c) Vinayaraj, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Castanospermum_australe_06.JPG
  5. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/16/166180-3.jpg
  6. (c) Wikimedia Commons, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/200410_Castanospermum_australe.JPG
  7. (c) Kenpei, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Castanospermum_australe1.jpg
  8. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/19820794

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