Acacia pellita O.Schwarz

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub or tree to 4 m high. Bark slightly fibrous, brown or grey. Branchlets slightly angular, tomentose, ribbed. Phyllodes obliquely narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 10.5–19.5 cm long, 30–100 mm wide, papery to slightly coriaceous, with 2–4 prominent main veins concurrent with each other and abaxial margin near base (vein nearest abaxial margin terminating towards apex); minor veins closely reticulate, with interstices ±square with free nerve-endings; gland prominent, basal. Spikes 3–7 cm long, golden. Flowers 5-merous; calyx 0.7–0.8 mm long, dissected to ⅕–⅓, villous; corolla 2–2.4 mm long, dissected to 1/2, villous; ovary densely villous. Pods linear, coiled in masses, to 7 cm long, 3.5–5 mm wide, tomentose. Seeds longitudinal, ±oblong, 3.9–4.5 mm long, black; areole ±oblong, open or almost so.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 4 m tall. The small branches are slightly angular. The leaves (phyllodes) are narrow and 7-19.5 cm long by 25-70 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Occurs along creek banks in sandy soil in eucalypt woodland usually in shady areas on sandstone or laterite.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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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 pellita world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acacia pellita threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471104-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202581
COL ID 64C2K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia pellita Racosperma pellitum Acacia holosericea var. pubescens