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Strongylodon lucidus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Forster f.) Seemann

Common Names

• Pink Strongylodon
• Nuku 'i'iwi (Hawaiian)
• Ka 'i'iwi (Hawaiian)
• Nuku (Hawaiian)
• Cadoque Blanche

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Australia
• Comoros
• Fiji
• Guam
• Hawaii
• Madagascar
• Malaysia
• N. Marianas
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Tahiti
• Vanuatu

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal scrub
• jungle
• rain forest

Flowering Times

• Feb-Apr (Australia)
• Apr (Vanuatu)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Apr

Glabrous tall twining liana with 3-foliolate leaves, axillary or terminal racemes of 50mm long coral-pink or bright red flowers, orange-yellow calyx, greenish-white to reddish-brown petals, inflated legume, a wide brown pod to 120mm long

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• Jones & Gray 1977
• Beckett 1990
• FOH
• Botanicus
• JDH
• APDC
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FV
• JAA
• ILDIS