Acacia decurrens

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Acacia decurrens

Description

Unarmed, glabrous, spreading tree to 12 m. Branchlets acutely angular. Leaves bipinnate, rachis 7—12 cm, gland at top of petiole, circular, raised, thiekly rimmed, c. 1 mm diam.; Inflorescences consisting of 25-30-flowered heads, aggregated in axillary rac mes, exceeding the leaves.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, mountains of W Java present, tropical Australia present
Subtropical Australia. In Malesia introduced and cultivated in the mountains of W Java. Also known as 'Black Wattle*.

Notes

Most of the specimens formely referred to this species in the herbaria belong to the Australian species A. dealbata and A. mearnsii.

Citation

Blume 1823: Cat.: 86
Burkill 1935 – In: Diet.: 17
Heyne 1916 – In: Nutt. Pl. Ned. Ind.: 216
Backer & Bakh. f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 557
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 5