Acacia subporosa F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Tree to 12 m high, ±viscid, with subpendulous branches. Branchlets with longitudinal green to brown, low ribs alternating with ±resinous bands, later terete and ribbed, glabrous. Phyllodes very narrowly elliptic, ±incurved, 6–9 cm long, 4–11 mm wide, l: w = 8–18, acute to acuminate, thin, glabrous except margins appressed-puberulous, resinous-punctate, with 2–5 distant main veins per face and some weaker longitudinal veins between, with anastomoses few and obscure. Inflorescences simple, 1–3 per axil; peduncles 6–11 mm long, antrorsely subappressed-puberulous; basal bract persistent; heads globular, 6–7 mm diam., 20–25-flowered. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united. Pods linear, to 7.5 cm long, 5 mm wide, firmly chartaceous, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong, c. 4 mm long, glossy, dark brown; aril small, terminal.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Restricted to the coastal zone, growing in moist sandy/shaly soils and conglomerates, especially along streams in gullies at margin of rain-forests, and on low hillsides.
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Grows in moist sandy/shaly soils and conglomerates, especially along streams in gullies at margin of rain-forests, and on low hillsides.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Acacia subporosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471586-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202103
COL ID 8Q4Y
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INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia subporosa Acacia supporosa Racosperma subporosum