64 FABACEAE Cyclocarpa 
Typically occurs on the margins of floodplains 
and in moist situations. Uncommon in the DR. 
eccentric; ecarunculate. Flowering: Mar - Apr; 
fruiting: Apr - May. Fig. 20 
DALBERGIA Lf. 
Evergreen vines or trees with smooth bark. Stipules caducous, minute. Leaves pinnate, with a terminal 
leaflet; leaflets alternate, discolorous; stipels absent. Inflorescence axillary, racemose or paniculate, short; 
bracts and bracteoles small, usually caducous. Calyx 5-lobed, 2-lipped, upper 2 lobes connate, lobes 1/2 as 
long as tube. Corolla glabrous, petals long-clawed; wings free; keel petals adhering just below tip. Stamens 
9-10, united; anthers uniform. Ovary stipitate; ovules 1-2; style glabrous, incurved. Pod 1-2-seeded, stipitate, 
thin, flattened, indehiscent, reticulately veined. 
A genus of c. 100 species found throughout the tropics. One native and | introduced species occur in the NT 
and DR with an additional native species in Qld. 
1% Vine; leaflets 5-8; pod falcate .......ccesesssesesesesesesesesees 
if. Tree; leaflets 3-5; pod straight ...............ccsssrsssssessereeee 
D. candenatensis (Dennst.) Prain 
A perennial vine; bark smooth, purple, shiny. All 
parts except calyx with adpressed ferruginous 
glandular based minute hairs, becoming glabrescent 
with age. Branchlets modified to form climbing coils. 
Leaves often on short lateral shoots; rachis to basal 
leaflets 16-24 mm, 20-75 mm overall; pulvini 2-3 mm 
long; leaflets 5-8, obovate or elliptic, 15-52 mm long, 
11-34 mm wide, L/W 1.4-2.4, undersurface of young 
leaves minutely papillose-glaucous, base rounded, 
apex obtuse or emarginate. Inflorescence racemose 
or paniculate, to 30 mm long; bracts persistent, ovate, 
c. 1 mm long. Pedicels c. 2 mm long; bracteoles 
suborbicular, 1.5-2 mm long. Calyx c. 3 mm long; 
lobes obtuse. Corolla white; standard 4-4.5 mm long, 
Pod ona stipe 2.4-4 mm long, brown, falcate, 20-35 
mm long, 13-15 mm wide, glabrous, base attenuate. 
Seeds 1-2, not seen. Flowering: Feb (1 record); 
fruiting: Nov (1 record). Fig. 20 
A widespread species occurring from India 
to China and extending to northern Qld and the 
NT. Grows in strand vegetation and at the rear 
D. candenatensis 
D. sissoo 
edge of mangroves. Uncommon in the DR. 
(Wightman, 1979] 
*D. sissoo Roxb. 
A tree to 9 m tall; bark smooth, grey. Stems, 
inflorescence branches and calyx with a white minute 
indumentum, leaflets glabrescent. Leaf rachis to basal 
leaflet 16-30 mm, 31-70 mm overall; leaflets 3-5, 
obovate or suborbicular, 25-80 mm long, 23-54 mm 
wide, L/W 1-1.5, base attenuate, apex acuminate. 
Inflorescence paniculate, to 50 mm long; bracts 
minute. Pedicels c. 1 mm long, bracteoles minute. 
Calyx 5-6 mm long; lobes unequal. Corolla pale 
yellow; standard 8-9 mm long; wings lamellate. Ovary 
hairy; style with scattered hairs. Pod on a stipe c. 
8 mm long, stramineous, narrowly elliptic to linear, 
straight, 33-59 mm long, 7-10 mm wide, glabrate. 
Seeds 1-2, brown, reniform, c. 4 mm long, 2 mm wide; 
hilum linear, c. 2 mm long; ecarunculate. Flowering: 
Apr; fruiting: Apr and Dec. Fig. 20 
Native to northern India and cultivated elsewhere. 
Possibly naturalised in the DR and forming dense 
thickets under some conditions. 
DAVIESIA Sm. 
Endemic to Australia with about 100 species, mostly in south west WA; 4 in the NT, 1 (D. reclinata) in the 
Top End but not known from the DR. 
D. reclinata R.Br. ex Benth. 
A prostrate or semi-erect evergreen shrub to 2 m 
high; glabrous throughout; stems angular. Stipules 
caducous, minute, obscure. Leaves simple, sessile, 
