Family: Fabaceae-Mimosoideae
Plant: An erect or spreading tree up to 12m high with deeply fissured bark.
Flowers: Cylindrical, pale to golden yellow flower heads.
Flowering: January-May
Fruit: Pod 5-15cm long and 2-5mm wide, brittle and highly twisted or coiled.
Leaves: Phyllode, linear 8–18cm long and 7-22mm wide, curved and tapering to both ends with many longitudinal veins.
Habitat: Wet sclerophyll forest and margins of rainforest.
Features: Long narrow phyllodes tapering each end. Many parallel veins. Twisted or coiled pods
Name:
Acacia From Greek akis = a sharp point because of the thorns on Acacia arabica, a species known from antiquity.
maidenii In honour of J.H.Maiden (1859-1925) NSW Government Botanist and first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
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Type |
Tree |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cylindrical, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
1,2,3,4,5 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
Rough/Furrowed |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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