Pararchidendron pruinosum (Snow Wood)

Pararchidendron pruinosum is an Australian rainforest tree growing from the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales to Herberton 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.

 Snow-wood is a small to medium-sized tree. The reddish trunk and lacy pinnate leaves give a pleasing appearance. The bark is dark reddish brown patterned with corky pustules. The leaves are alternate and bipinnate. The main leaf stalk has one to three pairs of secondary leaf stalks, opposite or nearly so on the main stalk. Five to eleven leaflets alternatively arranged on the secondary leaf stalks. Flowers fluffy white or greenish, fragrant, though later turning yellow. Flowering period is from October to January. The fruit pod matures from February to June. Resembling Acacia fruit pods. Very twisted, and flattened. Seeds are black, shiny and mostly flat, oval in shape. H 15m