Acacia blakelyi
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Summary
Source: WikipediaAcacia blakelyi is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an often dense, glabrous shrub or tree with flattened, linear to very narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spherical heads of bright golden-yellow flowers, and narrowly elliptic pods.
Description
A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The pods are flattened.
Edible Uses
The seeds are edible.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It usually grows as an understorey plant.
Where It Grows
Australia*,
Notes
Also as Mimosaceae.
References (1)
- Permaculture website Ngare Ndare project Kenya
