Racosperma auriculiforme
(Benth.) Pedley
അക്കേഷ്യ
Family
:
Leguminosae (Mimosoideae)
Synonym
:
Acacia auriculiformis
A. Cunn. ex Benth
Common Names
:
Darwin black wattle, Ear pod wattle
Flowering Period
:
Throughout the year
Distribution
:
Native of tropical Australia
Habitat
:
Grown as avenue tree, also raised in plantations
Habit
:
Tree
Uses
:
Timber yielding, tannin source, weed with ability to outstrip any competition
Key Characters
:
Trees, to 15 m high, bark brown, smooth. Phyllodes alternate; stipules lateral; petiole pulvinate, slender, glabrous; lamina linear, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, yellow, in axillary spike; calyx campanulate; lobes 5; corolla lobes 5, lobes lanceolate; stamens many; ovary superior, subsessile, glabrous. Fruit a pod, flat, woody and much twisted in irregular coils; seeds black, with orange-yellow coloured aril.
