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 Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Point Vernon, Takura.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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