Acacia sutherlandii
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Description
Tree to c. 7 m high.
Bark rough, somewhat corky.
Branchlets glabrous.
Leaves bipinnate;
Inflorescences composed of rather loosely flowered axillary spikes, c. 3.5 cm, peduncles c. 1 cm, bract c. 0.7 cm above the base.
Ovary glabrous.
Seeds longitudinal, 11-12 by 8-10 mm, with a large open pleurogram;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Australasia: Northern Territory (Northern Territory present); Queensland (Queensland present), Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory), one of the few species of subg. Acacia native to Australia; in Malesia introduced to Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) as an ornamental.