This native vine or climber is commonly known as corky prickle vine.
Mezoneuron brachycarpum is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Previously known as Caesalpinia subtropica (Queensland Flora Census 2017). Official distribution is from Nambour southwards (Gwen Harden, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame, John Williams. 2014. Rainforest Plants of Australia). Only one Fraser Coast Region record in Australia's Virtual Herbarium from 1843 on Mt Bauple. May be confused with Mezoneuron nitens.
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 4 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Booral, Nikenbah, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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