Acacia enterocarpa R.V.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Dense spreading shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets asperulate, reddish brown, ribbed. Phyllodes subsessile, patent to inclined, straight to shallowly recurved, subterete to compressed, 2–4.5 cm long, 1–1.3 mm wide, pungent, rigid, glabrous, asperulate, sometimes viscid, with 10–12 distant raised asperulate veins. Inflorescences simple, 1–4 per axil; peduncles 3–5 mm long, somewhat thick, appressed-puberulous; heads globular, 3.5–4.5 mm diam., ±20-flowered, bright yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free. Pods undulate, to ±2 cm long, 2 mm wide, coriaceous, brown with thickened yellow margins, sparsely appressed-puberulous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong to elliptic, ±3 mm long, dull, dark brown to black; aril apical.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in a variety of soils, in open forest and woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Acacia enterocarpa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470252-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202267
COL ID 8P7J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia enterocarpa Racosperma enterocarpum