Lysiphyllum cunninghamii

Lysiphyllum cunninghamii (commonly known as the Kimberley bauhinia or the jigal tree) is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.

[10] Wagiman: windinyin[10] It grows as a shrub or tree up to 12 m (occasionally up to 18 m) in height with grey fissured or tessellated bark.

The inflorescences are axillary on old wood,[10] with its bright red flowers being seen from April to October, followed by large, reddish-brown seed pods from November to January.

[14] It occurs on red alluvial sandy and loamy soils, often in watercourses and on levees, flood plains, pindan and the margins of monsoonal forests.

[15][16] The type specimen (BM000810756) was collected by Allan Cunningham in 1820 at Careening Bay in the Kimberley and is held in the British Museum.