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Archidendron lucyi
Also called Lucy's lace flower
In Singapore: Scarlet Bean (Cultivated in Singapore)
Scarlet bean (Archidendron lucyi) is a small rainforest understorey tree in the pea and bean family, known for cream flowers borne on the trunk and showy red or orange seed pods. It needs warm, humid, shaded to lightly lit conditions.
Archidendron lucyi is a small tree in the legume family Fabaceae. The native range extends from eastern Malesia to the Solomon Islands and northeastern Australia. A. lucyi grows in the understorey of lowland rainforest.
As with other members of the genus, A. lucyi produces large pinnate leaves. The species is cauliflorous, producing flowers directly from the trunk. The cream-coloured stamens are 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) long and form the showiest part of the flowers. The flowers are followed by highly conspicuous red or orange seed pods, which split open when ripe to reveal black seeds.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Archidendron lucyi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
