Family: Fabaceae

This flowering tree is commonly grown as an ornamental in many parks and gardens. It’s bright yellow and orange flowers grow on old wood and attract bees and certain birds with it’s fragrance. It is a medium, evergreen tree with a wide-spreading crown and is native to southeast Asia.

Plant Uses:

• Fragrant
• Medicinal
• Ornamental

Plant Dangers:

• No dangers

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate tolerance (found up to 1100 m elevation)
  
• Native to tropical/subtropical regions
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Nitrogen-fixing
  
• Produces viable seed
  
• Intentionally dispersed by people (ornamental)
  
• Water-dispersed seeds (riparian habitat)
  
• Resprouts after coppicing/cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• No documented naturalization or weediness
  
• No spines, thorns, or toxicity
  
• Not parasitic or smothering
  
• Does not form dense thickets
  
• No prolific seed production or persistent seed bank
  
• Likely self-incompatible
  
• Requires shade (limits open-area colonization)
  
• Slow-growing (4+ years to maturity)