Acacia meisneri Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Dense, glabrous, funnel-shaped or rounded shrub 2–4 m tall. Branchlets pruinose. Phyllodes elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, 15–40 mm long, 5–15 mm wide, l: w ratio usually 2–4, obtuse to acute, often mucronulate, grey to glaucous, often pruinose, 1-nerved per face; lateral nerves obscure. Inflorescences predominantly simple but often interspersed with a few 3–7-branched racemes with axes 3–18 mm long; peduncles mostly (3–) 7–20 mm long; heads globular, rarely obloid, commonly 4–5 mm diameter and 35–50-flowered, golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free. Pods biconvex, deeply constricted between seeds, fragmenting easily at constrictions, to 10 cm long, 6–7 mm wide, crustaceous, pruinose or sometimes not, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5.5–7 mm long, dull, black; funicle filiform, ½–¾ times encircling seed in a single fold; aril thick.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 3.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in sand, sandy clay, clay, loamy sand, loam, rocky loam, rocky clay and lateritic gravel, often in Wandoo woodland, frequently on roadsides.
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Grows in sand, sandy clay, clay, loamy sand, loam, rocky loam, rocky clay and lateritic gravel, often in Wandoo woodland, frequently on roadsides.
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible pods seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Acacia meisneri world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72262-3
WFO ID wfo-0000185854
COL ID 8PMY
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia meisneri Acacia meisneri var. angustifolia