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Hakea arborescens R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Hakea

Characteristics

Shrub 2-5 m high, or tree 3-7 m high; bark black or grey, deeply fissured. Branchlets patchily white appressed-pubescent. Leaves flat, linear, narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, 5-17 cm long, 1-9 mm wide, initially densely appressed-ferruginous, quickly glabrescent. Peduncle simple, 4-13 mm long, densely tomentose; rachis 2.5-9 mm long, ferruginous-pubescent. Flowers c. 50-60 per inflorescence, white or yellow; pedicels 3-4.5 mm long, densely white-tomentose. Perianth 2-2.5 mm long, white-tomentose on claw, ferruginous on limb. Pistil 1.5-2.5 mm long; style recurved, rarely ±straight; pollen presenter conical, obliquely inserted. Fruit obliquely ovate, 3-5.5 cm long, 1.6-3 cm wide, gradually or abruptly attenuate into recurved apiculum to 4 mm long. Seed occupying part of valve, 21-35 mm long, 7.5-13.5 mm wide; wing yellow.
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A small tree. It grows 3-6 m high. The young shoots are silky. The leaves are stiff and narrow. They have fine hairs on both surfaces. The blade is 7-18 cm long by 0.5-1.3 cm wide. They are a dull grey-green. The flowers are very small and yellow. The are about 0.3 cm long. They occur in groups about 1.5 cm across. These are produced in the axils of leaves. The fruit are smooth and oval. They are woody with a thick wall. They are 4-5 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide. They are light brown and split open when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 5.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. They grow naturally in open forest in tropical regions. They need well-drained soils. They are suited to seasonally dry climates.
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Found on sandstone, quartzite and limestone areas, often from creek banks or low-lying areas, but also from monsoon forest or Eucalyptus woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The seeds are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
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Images

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Distribution

Hakea arborescens world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Hakea arborescens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704134-1
WFO ID wfo-0000714210
COL ID 3J9XG
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Synonyms

Hakea arborescens
WorldFloraDB 2024