This introduced tree
is commonly known as
leopard tree.
Caesalpinia ferrea
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Leguminosae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Cultivated specimen in a park at Point Vernon. These don't appear to be spreading in the wild across the region.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Point Vernon, Takura.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
