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Austrocallerya australis (Endl.) J.Compton & Schrire
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Common name: Native Wisteria, Blunt Wisteria, Samson's Sinew

Austrocallerya australis (Endl.) J.Compton & Schrire APNI*

Synonyms: Callerya australis (Endl.) Schot APNI*
Millettia australis (Endl.) Benth. APNI*
Pterocarpus australis Endl. APNI*

Description: Tall woody climber, young growth silky.

Leaves 10–20 cm long; leaflets 7–19, oblong or obovate, 3–6 cm long, 10–25 mm wide, apex blunt or shortly retuse, margins entire, glabrous or almost so; petiole 3–5 cm long; lateral petiolules 2–3 mm long.

Racemes 10–15 cm long; pedicels 5–12 mm long. Calyx c. 6 mm long. Corolla 10–12 mm long, purple.

Pods 8–15 cm long, 20–30 mm diam., woody, glabrous, tardily dehiscent; seeds 3–8, ± globose, c. 15 mm diam., testa orange, very hard.


Flowering: Flowers winter–spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in warmer rainforest on the coast and adjacent ranges, not common; north from Port Macquarie.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by G.J. Harden; name updated by R.L. Barrett, Sept. 2019
Taxon concept:


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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