Acacia masliniana R.S.Cowan

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub or tree 1–3 m tall; trunks and branches somewhat gnarled. Bark fibrous, grey. Branchlets terete, appressed-puberulous at extremities, soon glabrous. Phyllodes ascending to erect, straight to slightly incurved, terete, 5–9.5 (–13.5) cm long, ±1.3 mm diameter, subulate-pungent, rigid, grey-green to glaucous (green when young), glabrous or sericeous between the nerves, finely multistriate; gland normally 1.5–5 mm above base. Inflorescences simple, 2 per axil; peduncles 0.5–3 (–5) mm long, appressed-puberulous to glabrous; heads globular, 4–5 mm diameter, 30–45-flowered, golden. Flowers 4-or 5-merous; sepals ¼–⅔-united. Pods linear, raised over seeds, to 10 cm long, 3–4.5 mm wide, chartaceous, coarsely reticulate over seeds, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, elliptic-oblong, 4.5–5 mm long, glossy, brown; aril apical, bright yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Grows at margins of saline lakes, marshes and flats, in clay or loam, in open scrub.
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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
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Acacia masliniana world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acacia masliniana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:972742-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202332
COL ID 8PMG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia masliniana Racosperma maslinianum