Taxon:
Castanospermum australe A. Cunn. & C. Fraser ex Hook.
Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Misc. 1:241. 1830
Verified:
01/07/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
- Duke, J. A. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. 1989
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 Note: = C. a. Cunn. & Fraser
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Castanospermum+australe&quantity=1
- Francis, W. D. & G. M. Chippendale. Australian rain-forest trees. 1970 Note: = C. a. Cunn. & Fraser
- Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
- Isely, D. 1981. Leguminosae of the United States. III. Subfamily Papilionoideae: tribes Sophoreae, Podalyrieae, and Loteae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(3):20. Note: lists as C. australe Cunn. & Fraser
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976 Note: = C. a. Cunn. & Fraser
- Sanchez, D. 1988. Australian chestnut serves two purposes. Agric. Res. (Washington, DC) 36(10):12.
- Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
- Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):59. http://proseanet.org
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: mentions; lists as C. a. Cunn. & Fraser
- Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
Common names
English
Australian-chestnut – beantree – black-bean – Moreton Bay-bean – Moreton Bay-chestnut –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
wood (log exports prohibited in Papua New Guinea fide Handb Nuts; Pl Res SEAs 5(1):59. 1993) – Medicines
potential source of pharmaceutical agent (fide Agric Res USDA 36(10):12. 1988) – Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Econ Pl Aust) –