Acacia glaucocaesia
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landscape architecture
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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
Seeds and gum are edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows on red loam, sands, clays and floodplains. It grows in the Pilbara in Western Australia.
Where It Grows
Australia*,
Notes
There are about 1,350 Acacia species. Over 1,000 occur in Australia. Also as Mimosaceae.
Also Known As
Nhurungan
References (3)
- Cancilla, D., 2018, Ethnobotanical and Ethnozoological Values Desktop Assessment - Eliwana Project. p 39
- Paczkowska, G . & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 309
- Pennock, A.(Ed.), Australian Dry-zone Acacias for Human Food: Proceedings of a Workshop.
