Ormosia monosperma (Sw.) Urb., Fabaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 1 (Go to the risk assessment).

Other Latin names:  Ormosia dasycarpa A. B. Jacks.; Sophora monosperma Sw.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: African bead tree, bead tree, necklace tree, snakewood

French: caconier

Habit:  tree

Description:  "A tree to 17 m high where indigenous.  The leaflets, usually 7-11, are up to 20 x 6 cm, and the petals are dark purple, the standard with a white spot.  The fruits are densely velutinous, up to 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm and with 1-3 seeds, these red and black and up to 17 x 17 x 11 mm"  (Smith, 1985; p. 152).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Cook Islands Southern Cook Islands	Rarotonga Island	introduced cultivated	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
Fiji Fiji Islands	Viti Levu Island	introduced cultivated	Smith, Albert C. (1985) (p. 152) Vouchers cited: DA 1564, DA 7298
French Polynesia Society Islands	Tahiti Island	introduced cultivated	Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2011)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1979) (voucher ID: BISH 436361) Taxon name on voucher: Ormosia monosperma (Sw.) Urb.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island		National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (year unknown) (voucher ID: PTBG 24887) Taxon name on voucher: Ormosia monosperma

Additional information:
Additional online information about Ormosia monosperma is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Ormosia monosperma as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Ormosia monosperma may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1979. Voucher specimen #BISH436361(Teraoka 157).

Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. 2011. Base de données botaniques Nadeaud de l'Herbier de la Polynésie Française (PAP). (online resource).

McCormack, Gerald. 2011. Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga.

National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.). 0. Voucher specimen #PTBG24887(Flynn, Tim 6197).

Smith, Albert C. 1985. Flora Vitiensis nova: a new flora of Fiji. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. Volume 3. 758 pp.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.