Eric,
Coincidentally, I had the same thought. I have done a bit of looking on the net
and there does not seem to be any evidence pointing to it being a problem. I
have been traveling round SE Asia pretty widely, where it is widely used as an
ornamental species and have not seen any growing in the wild. As it seems to be
a fairly recent recent introduction, AQIS would have have put it through the
hoops pretty well on its potential as a weed.
Having said all that, I suppose we will have to wait and see for a century or
so, just look at species like Coreopsis.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 26/08/2012, at 9:26 PM, <> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I reckon it's worth considering that this relatively new plant on the
> Australian horticulture scene has the potential to become a weed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric
>
> On 26/08/2012, at 8:26 PM, "Carl Clifford" <> wrote:
>
>> Thought I remembered rightly from the plaque I read on one in the Botanic
>> Gardens in S'pore. Ta, Tone.
>>
>> Carl Clifford
>>
>> On 26/08/2012, at 6:13 PM, "Tony Russel" <> wrote:
>>
>>> Wikipedia says it's from India and Sri Lanka.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From:
>>> On Behalf Of Ian Cowan
>>> Sent: Sunday, 26 August 2012 2:47 PM
>>> To: Birding-Aus
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fwd: Re: Tree identification please
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This species has only emerged onto the Cairns horticultural scene about
>>> 15-20 years ago, was virtually unknown here before that. Don't know if it
>>> has any value as a bird food source, though I am sure the Nutmeg Mannikans
>>> would find it useful as a nest site
>>>
>>> Ian Cowan
>>> Clifton Beach
>>>
>>>
>>>
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