Acacia viscidula Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree 1–6 m high. Branchlets angular, ribbed, ± resinous, usually ±puberulous. Phyllodes ascending, linear, ± incurved, 4–8 cm long, 1–3 mm wide, curved-acute to mucronate or apiculate, usually innocuous, thin, ± puberulous or glabrous, with 3–7 distant, impressed, ± resinous veins and occasional anastomoses. Inflorescences simple, 1 or 2 per axil; peduncles 2–6 mm long, ± puberulous; heads globular, 4–5.5 mm diam., 20–35-flowered, light golden. Flowers 4-merous, infrequently 5-merous; sepals free to ½-united. Pods linear, raised over seeds, ± 7.5 cm long, 2.5–3 mm wide, ± puberulous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong, c. 4 mm long, glossy, dark brown; aril terminal.
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Unarmed shrub or small tree; young branchlets angular, mostly sparingly pubescent, viscid. Leaves phyllodic, apparently simple, 4.5-10 cm long, 1.25-3 mm wide, linear, narrowed basally, with several longitudinal nerves. Flowers in small round heads, on axillary peduncles, solitary or paired, rarely fascicled; peduncles up to 5 mm long, pubescent. Sepals free or shortly united basally. Corolla pubescent. Pods 4-7 cm long, 3-3.5 mm wide, linear, sparingly to densely pubescent, longitudinally dehiscent.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 6.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in upland granitic soils, in low woodland with Acacia and Eucalyptus species.
Light 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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 viscidula world distribution map, present in Australia and South Africa

Conservation status

Acacia viscidula threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471775-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211379
COL ID 8Q9D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia eriophylla Racosperma viscidulum Acacia viscidula var. angustifolia Acacia viscidula