Paraserianthes I.C.Nielsen
Trees or shrubs. Lvs 2-paripinnate, with few to numerous paired pinnae along the rachis and each pinna with few to numerous, sessile paired pinnules; glands present on petiole or rachis; stipules minute or conspicuous. Infl. a cylindric spike or raceme; spikes or racemes axillary, solitary or arranged in panicles; bracts and bracteoles usually small. Fls actinomorphic, usually 5-merous, white to yellow, or yellow-green; calyx shortly toothed or lobed; petals connate to about the middle. Stamens numerous, united into a closed tube for part of length, exserted; anthers uniform, versatile. Style filiform; stigma terminal. Pod 2-valved, straight, dehiscent; seeds without an aril.
4 spp., Malesiana, Solomon Is, Australia. Naturalised sp. 1
Nielson, J., Guinet, Ph. and Baretta-Kuipers, T., Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Paris) Sér. 4, Sect. B, 5: 303-329 and 335-360 (1983), in a study of generic limits of Malesian, Australian, and Pacific Ingeae, have segregated the small genus Paraserianthes from Albizia.
