Family: Fabaceae-Mimosoideae
Plant: A large erect or spreading bushy shrub or small tree 3-8m high with slightly pendulous branches.
Flowers: Pale yellow flowers born in loose cylindrical spikes up to 6cm long in axillary pairs.
Flowering: July-September.
Fruit: Flat, narrow straight to strongly curved pod 6-12cm long and 2-5mm wide.
Leaves: Phyllode, variable, linear to falcate, narrow, dark green, 5-15cm long and 2-10mm wide. Fine longitudinal veins with 1-4 more prominent veins. Young growth is yellow. Usually no glands on phyllodes.
Habitat: In moist areas in dry sclerophyll forest - particularly in gullies and on creek banks.
Features: Massed cylindrical pale yellow flowers. No glands on phyllodes.
Name:
Acacia From Greek akis = a sharp point because of the thorns on Acacia arabica, a species known from antiquity.
floribunda From Latin florus = flower and bundus = profuse (referring to its masses of flowers)
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Type |
Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cylindrical, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
7,8,9 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Green, 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 |
Sickle, Linear |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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