Acacia nanodealbata J.H.Willis

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Tree 2–6 (–12) m high. Bark smooth, silvery or grey. Branchlets terete but angled towards apices, glabrous, occasionally appressed-puberulous, purplish black or reddish brown, often lightly pruinose; ridges to 0.5 mm high. Young foliage-tips yellowish-pubescent or greenish when less hairy. Leaves ± coriaceous, dark green, paler beneath; petiole above pulvinus (0.1–) 0.5–1.6 cm long, grey-puberulous or glabrous, usually with a gland at or near basal pinnae; rachis 2–11.5 cm long, densely puberulous or glabrous, with prominent, brown pouch-like jugary glands; interjugary glands rare; pinnae 6–26 pairs, mostly 1–3 cm long, with lower pinnae smaller; pinnules 9–34 pairs, closely spaced, narrowly oblong to oblong or obovate, 1–2.5 mm long, 0.4–0.8 (–1) mm wide, minutely tuberculate, ciliate otherwise glabrous or with a few minute hairs, subacute, truncate, emarginate or broadly rounded at apex. Inflorescences in axillary racemes, or mostly in axillary or terminal false-panicles. Heads globular, 12–20 (–30)-flowered, golden. Pods straight-sided to variably and irregularly constricted between seeds, 3–8.5 cm long, 9–20 mm wide, thinly coriaceous, purplish blue or reddish brown, often ± pruinose, sparsely puberulous or glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 1.25 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows usually in large stands, in subalpine eucalypt forest or in tall open forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Acacia nanodealbata unspecified picture

Distribution

Acacia nanodealbata world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acacia nanodealbata threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470963-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201032
COL ID 8PQ2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia nanodealbata Racosperma nanodealbatum