A Wisteria tree?

My quess Bolusanthus speciosa we have two near me at the local airport. Quite hard to get them to flower as well as the one in your pics though, very attractive tree, bark is very special when the tree gets bigger.
 
That's a pretty one!

I've been losing out on all the ID fun lately. Someone (Sean!) has always identified all the warm climate stuff before I get a chance to see it.
 
Yeah, I'm stumped on the jungle one as well. The closest I can figure is it might be in the Araliaceae, but that's a pretty wild guess without flowers or fruit. I'll show it around at work and see if any of the botanists know what it is.


And I was just kidding in my last post. It's great having you here, I definitely appreciate your knowledge.
 
The tree was actually planted next to a bunch of Robinia pseudoacacias (Black Locusts) and I was thinking this might also be some type of locusts. The branch ends do look locusty to me.

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It certainly looks like a Robinia. It is definitely a legume as id'ed by the Flowers. I don't think it is the tree Wisteria Bolusanthus speciosa as the leaves are not elongate enough for this species. The leaf photo ceratinly does look like locust leaves and twigs.

Now Nick, the leaves look yellow and show faint intervienal chlorisis. Would you suggest a nitrogen based fertilizer for this species, why or why not? (This is worth ten points and should be answered as a paragraph).
 
How about Ormosia krugii. I'm having a bugger of a time pulling up pictures of the species on the web...line drawings and Acrobat files...
Then again the flowers are a bit off. Definitely pea like. Papillionaceous is the word, right?
 
I have no doubt that this is a Robinia; papillionaceous or papilionaceus is correct to describe a corolla like a pea. Means butterfly-like. Remember Papillion is french for butterfly..

Ormosia does not make sense as the calyx is shaped incorrectly.
 
Oh yah, just pulled up some Robinia pics and no doubt that's what it is. jimmyq looks to be spot on.
I knew the Ormosia flowers were not quite right but couldn't see them well enough to decipher the differences. And I couldn't get any pictures of the leaves, either.
 
Robinia flowers really look like a traditional pea flower. In Ormosia the Calyx reminds me of fushia flowers, the calyx is quite prominent and long with heavily indented/pointed ends. In Robinia the calyx is not as prominent.
 
Well thats what I get for junping in too soon
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, I admit you're right the leaves aren't quite right...have absolutely no first hand experience with Robinia, so defer to mrtree and others better id knowledge here
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