Fabaceae (Mimosaceae)

Archidendron lucidum?

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Cao Thuong Community, Ba Be National Park. Primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slopes composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone around point 22º27’20’’N 105º36’06’E at elevation of about 750 m a.s.l. Tree about 10 m tall in shady place along rocky ridge edge. Flowers white. Common? Particularly in secondary forest.

23 April 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2869.