Species ID

Lane · Post by **Lane** » November 16th, 2015, 5:11 pm

G'day,

After some help identifying this please, I'm not even sure they make good bonsai material.

The leaves are tiny!

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Pearcy001 · Post by **Pearcy001** » November 16th, 2015, 9:41 pm

I'm going to have a guess and say some form of acacia... Maybe robinia pseudoacacia?

The internodes seem to be quite long, is it in a very shady spot?

I definitely wouldn't trust what I say on the ID mate haha.

Cheers,
Pearcy.

Charliegreen · Post by **Charliegreen** » November 16th, 2015, 10:29 pm

I have no idea, but I'll take a cutting.

shibui · Post by **shibui** » November 17th, 2015, 5:57 am

I don't think it is any acacia and not Robinia either. It does look familiar but I can't quite place it

My initial guess was some sort of Sophora but the leaves are not quite right.

The internodes seem to be quite long, is it in a very shady spot?

I don't think you can see the internodes on this one. I'm pretty sure those are compound leaves (the whole chain of round leaves is actually 1 leaf made up of little leaflets - a bit like wisteria)

Lane · Post by **Lane** » November 17th, 2015, 7:02 am

You can all probably tell already but the leaves are tiny, 5mm diameter maximum.

Black Knight · Post by **Black Knight** » November 17th, 2015, 9:50 pm

Hi MacGuyver,

I believe Shibui is actually right. They are the juvenile leaves from constant pruning of the Sophora microphylla (Kowhai).

Regards,
Black Knight

Lane · Post by **Lane** » November 18th, 2015, 5:39 am

Yes it was in a shady spot Pearcy, it won't be any more though.

Thanks for the replies, I'm happy to run with that and see what a few seasons bring.

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