Acacia melvillei Pedley

Tree to c. 15 m high. Branchlets normally glabrous. Phyllodes ascending, narrowly elliptic or oblong-elliptic, ±straight, (3–) 5–9 (–12) cm long, (3–) 5–10 (–15) mm wide, acute, sometimes mucronate, coriaceous, glabrous or sparsely appressed-puberulous, with numerous closely parallel obscure veins of which 1–3 are slightly more prominent than the rest. Inflorescences 1–5-headed racemes, often 2 per axil; raceme axes 0.5–7 mm long, glabrous; peduncles 4–9 mm long, sparsely puberulous or glabrous; heads globular, 5–8 mm diam., 25–50-flowered, golden; bracteoles spathulate. Flowers 5-merous; sepals ½-united. Pods oblong, flat, slightly raised over and irregularly ±constricted between seeds, straight, to 9 cm long, 9–15 mm wide, thinly chartaceous, transversely reticulate, glabrous. Seeds transverse, broadly elliptic, 3.5–5.5 mm long, glossy, brown-black; aril small.

Found in loam, clay and sandy soils, usually in mixed open woodland and woodland.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.