Pararchidendron

Pararchidendron
Snow-wood at Barrenjoey, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Pararchidendron I.C.Nielsen (1983)
Species:	P. pruinosum
Binomial name
Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (1983)
Synonyms[1]
Abarema sapindoides Kosterm. (1954), nom. superfl. Albizia pruinosa (Benth.) F.Muell. (1872) Feuilleea pruinosa (Benth.) Kuntze (1891) Pithecellobium pruinosum Benth. (1844) Pithecellobium sapindoides Domin (1926), nom. superfl.

Pararchidendron pruinosum is an Australian rainforest tree growing from the Shoalhaven River (34° S) in New South Wales to Herberton (17° S) in north Queensland. It is also native to New Guinea and to Java, Sulawesi, and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. Common names include Snow-wood, Tulip Siris and Monkey's Earrings. It is the sole species in genus Pararchidendron.

The habitat of the Snow-wood is tropical, sub-tropical, warm temperate, littoral and riverine rainforest. Like most legume species, it fixes atmospheric nitrogen in the soil via its symbiotic partnership with root bacteria - trading the bacteria starches in exchange for nitrogen. It can be seen growing on sand within earshot of Seven Mile Beach, New South Wales.