This introduced tree is commonly known as yellow poinciana.
Peltophorum pterocarpum 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.
Recorded as naturalised at various locations north from the Gladstone area.
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: Burrum Heads, Point Vernon.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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