Acacia pentadenia Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub or tree 2–5 (–9) m high. Branchlets ribbed, normally glabrous. Pinnae mostly 2–5 pairs, 3–10 mm long (proximal pinnae) otherwise 25–80 mm long; petiole mostly 2–3 mm long; rachis 10–55 mm long; pinnules 2–4 pairs (proximal pinnae) otherwise 12–30 pairs, oblong, sometimes ±triangular due to recurved margins, ±sessile and obliquely truncate at base, 3–6 mm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, green, glabrous or sparsely ciliolate; gland at rachis base 0–3 mm below each pair of pinnae, sometimes absent from petiole, ±subsessile, bowl-shaped. Inflorescences normally 2–4-headed racemes; raceme axes 1–4 mm long; peduncles 6–20 mm long, glabrous; heads globular, 15–25-flowered, cream to pale yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals at least 3/4-united, brown. Pods to 6 cm long, 3–4 mm wide. Seeds longitudinal, ±oblong, 2.5–3 mm long; aril curved.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Common in sand or loam, in Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) or Karri-Marri (E. diversicolor-Corymbia calophylla) forest where it often forms dense stands.
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Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Images

Acacia pentadenia unspecified picture

Distribution

Acacia pentadenia world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acacia pentadenia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73471-3
WFO ID wfo-0000185365
COL ID 8PTH
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia biglandulosa Acacia pentadenia Acacia neilii Acacia pentadena

Lower taxons

Acacia pentadenia subsp. syntoma Acacia pentadenia subsp. pentadenia