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Erythrophleum chlorostachys
Also called Black Bean, Leguminous Ironbark, Leguminous Ironwood, Northern Ironwood, Red Ironwood, Ironwood
Cooktown ironwood is a large, semi-deciduous leguminous tree native to northern Australia, valued for extremely hard, termite-resistant timber. It is a tough tree for seasonally dry tropical settings and is rarely grown as a garden plant outside its native range.
Erythrophleum chlorostachys, commonly known as Cooktown ironwood, is a species of leguminous tree endemic to northern Australia.
The species occurs from north-eastern Queensland to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is found in a wide range of environments, from arid savanna to tropical rainforest.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythrophleum chlorostachys 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.
