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| Growing in Cairns Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Ormosia |
| Species: | O. ormondii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ormosia ormondii | |
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Ormosia ormondii, commonly known as yellow bean, is a tree in the legume family Fabaceae which is endemic to northeastern Queensland, Australia.
The yellow bean is medium-sized tree growing up to 25 m (82 ft) high, the trunk is brownish or khaki in colour and may be buttressed. [4] [5] The compound leaves may be whorled on the twigs, and carry 5 to 9 dark green leaflets. [4] [5] [6] The leaflet blades measure up to 21 cm (8.3 in) long by 8 cm (3.1 in) wide. [4]
The inflorescence is a panicle produced either in the leaf axils or at the end of the twigs. [5] [6] Masses of pink flowers, each 25–30 mm (0.98–1.18 in) long, may be seen from October to January. [5] [6]
The fruit is a dehiscent woody pod up to 90 mm (3.5 in) long by 20 mm (0.79 in) wide, with a persistent calyx at the base. [4] [5] [6] They contain up to 5 bright red seeds around 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) long. [4] [5] [6]
This species was first described in 1882 by the Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller as Podopetalum ormondii, and published in his work Systematic Census of Australian Plants . In 1943 the American botanist Elmer Drew Merrill published a paper in the journal Sargentia , in which he moved the species to the genus Ormosia . [2] [3] [7]
The yellow bean is endemic to Queensland and occurs in coastal and sub-coastal areas from Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park north of Cooktown, to Innisfail. There is also a small outlier population in the McIlwraith Range on Cape York Peninsula about 270 km (170 mi) to the northwest of Cooktown. [5] [8] It grows in well developed rainforest, often beside rivers and streams, [4] [7] at altitudes from sea level to about 500 m (1,600 ft). [4] [5]
This species is listed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science as least concern. [1] As of 31 January 2023 [update] , it has not been assessed by the IUCN.
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