Summary ⁶

Pollen good
Nectar good

Flowering time 5-9 Asia. Vigorous invader in the subtropics. Impenetrable thorny scambler that smothers any other vegetation. Light yellow upright inflorescences. Nectar is collected inside the flower, as well as outside from its base after it has wilted. Pellets orange-brown. (Johannsmeier, M. F. (2016). Beeplants of South Africa: Sources of Nectar, Pollen, Honeydew and Propolis for Honeybees)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Rémi Cardinael, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rémi Cardinael
2. (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/starr-environmental/24847331952/
3. (c) Roger Culos, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caesalpinia_decapetala_MHNT.BOT.2009.13.14.jpg
4. (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/starr-environmental/24965322355/
5. (c) Forest & Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr_011205-0119_Caesalpinia_decapetala.jpg
6. (c) Megan W., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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