Acacia microcybe Pedley

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Tree 3–10 m tall. Bark finely fissured, dark grey. Branchlets sparsely to moderately appressed-puberulous, often ±scurfy. Phyllodes linear, straight to slightly curved, 6.5–13.5 cm long, 1–2 (–3) mm wide, acute to acuminate with shallowly curved to subuncinate tip, sparsely to moderately appressed-puberulous, with numerous closely parallel indistinct nerves. Inflorescences 1–6-headed racemes; raceme axes 1–2.5 mm long, appressed-puberulous; peduncles 2–7 mm long, appressed-puberulous; heads globular, 3.5–4 mm diam., 10–20-flowered, golden; bracteoles broadly obtrullate. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united into a shortly lobed cup. Pods ±moniliform, to 4.5 cm long, 3–4 mm wide, chartaceous to very thin-crustaceous, glabrous to sparsely appressed-puberulous. Seeds longitudinal, elliptic, 3–4.5 mm long, glossy brown; funicle slender; aril small.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 10.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

 Grows in hard, stony, alkaline clay soil.
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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 microcybe world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77079726-1
WFO ID wfo-0000506244
COL ID 8PNK
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia microcephala Racosperma microcephalum Acacia microcybe