Thread: Mystery Tree with weird seed pods

Hi Neil. looks like a hakia spelling might be wrong.
cheers Tony

Definitely one of the Hakea's - but I'm more interested in the timber than the pods - beautiful stuff if you can find some stems big enough to work with

Snottygobble?

Originally Posted by TTIT

Definitely one of the Hakea's - but I'm more interested in the timber than the pods - beautiful stuff if you can find some stems big enough to work with

Hmm, there are as many Hakeas as there are acacias. So next time I see one I should do a bit of trimming . The stem on that one was ~200mm. I have a few silent saws to do the job

Originally Posted by stuffy

Snottygobble?

Seed pod looks wrong I thought, but I'm going off google

I think i have seen this plant before at a friends place when i helped remove it as it had died then we used it as fire wood. Were the seedpods grey on the outside? and the bark black if memory serves me wright. The wood was fairly hard to cut through with a bowsaw that was sharp.
Cheers WC

Definitely a Hakea sp. Some Grevillea's have similar nuts with a single seed.
The difference is that the Hakea holds on to it's nuts for months after they open, whereas the Grevillea's nuts drop soon after opening.
The way to specify the species is to wait until they flower.

HTH
Col

Originally Posted by dai sensei

OK had to stop at this tree as the pods looked interesting for casting. More a large shrub than a tree. Looks like the pod has a single seed between two solid halves though. I grabbed a few to look at later





Any idea of what the tree is?

Yup definitely a hakea. Remember you got some of the seed pods at our place

Originally Posted by Wood Collector

I think i have seen this plant before at a friends place when i helped remove it as it had died then we used it as fire wood. Were the seedpods grey on the outside? and the bark black if memory serves me wright. The wood was fairly hard to cut through with a bowsaw that was sharp.
Cheers WC

Yes grey on the outside, but the lumpy bit peels off easily.

mystery tree pods.jpg

Can't remember the bark, I should have got a close up photo
The old pods all seem to be on dead branches whereas the green ones weren't and didn't want to come off.

Originally Posted by Tim Creeper

Yup definitely a hakea. Remember you got some of the seed pods at our place

Not like these ones. These are like golf balls split in half.

If you just collected it in the area you`re in now it could be Hakea Pandanicarpa

Looks like you are spot on Dusteater thanks
http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/luci...ndanicarpa.htm