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Dolichandrone heterophylla

Image of growth habit - Dolichondrone

(Dolichandrone, Lemonwood)

FAMILY

Bignoniaceae

Species

Dolichandrone heterophylla

Common name

Dolichandrone, lemonwood

Flower colour; life form

Yellow; shrub, small tree

Campus

Townsville

Description

This tall shrub occurs in the woodland on campus, it can be recognised by the strap-like leaves to about 11 cm long, that are often borne on short lateral shoots thus giving the effect of the leaves being clustered, in some areas the leaves may have more than the 1 leaflet, in the local area they are chiefly 1-foliolate. Flowers white to creamy, corolla-tube to 5 cm long, lobes radiating; capsule narrow to 20 x 1 cm.

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Dolichondrone heterophylla