Acacia cochlocarpa Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub to 0.7 m tall, sprawling. Branchlets slightly flexuose, glabrous or pubescent. Stipules caducous or persistent. Phyllodes erect, narrowly oblong-elliptic, shallowly to strongly incurved, 2.5–7.5 cm long, 3–6 mm wide, acute or obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous or hairy on nerves, prominently 3–7-nerved; central nerve the most pronounced. Inflorescences simple, 2 per axil; heads sessile, subglobular to shortly cylindrical, 5–10 mm long, 5–6 mm diam., golden; bracteoles persistent, obtuse or acute to acuminate. Flowers 4-merous; sepals c. ½-united. Pods tightly spirally or ±irregularly coiled, with valves 3–4 mm wide, chartaceous, glabrous or ±velvety. Seeds longitudinal, round to oblong, 1.5–2.5 mm long, glossy, mottled; aril terminal and yellowish.
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Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.7
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Grows in sand heath.
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Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Acacia cochlocarpa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470012-1
WFO ID wfo-0001054006
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Synonyms

Acacia cochlocarpa