Family: Fabaceae-Mimosoideae
Plant: An erect shrub or small tree up to 12m high.
Flowers: Globular pale yellow flowers in terminal racemes.
Flowering: November - January.
Fruit: Flat, straight pod 5-10cm long and 5-10mm wide, dark brown to black and rough.
Leaves: Bipinnate 4-14cm long with branchlets angled, ridged and rough to touch with a hairy rachis, numerous pairs of pinnae and tiny pinnules. There are glands between uppermost 1-4 pairs of pinnae. The new growth is yellowish.
Habitat: Near watercourses on sandy soil in dry sclerophyll forest and rainforest margins.
Features: Leaves bipinnate. Branchlets angled and ridged. Back of rachis is rough. Tips of the new growth are yellowish.
Name:
Acacia From Greek akis = a sharp point because of the thorns on Acacia arabica, a species known from antiquity.
irrorata From Latin irrorus = covered in minute grains or dew referring to the hairy covering of the leaf rachis.
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Type |
Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Globular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
1, 11,12 |
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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 |
Compound |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Oil dots/Glands |
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Bark |
Rough/Furrowed |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest, |
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Dry sclerophyll forest |
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