Acacia glauca

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Acacia glauca

Description

Erect unarmed shrub or small tree, 2-4 m high. Branchlets terete, longitudinally striate. Leaves bipinnate (or tripinnate in the top of the twigs), rachis and pinnae eglandular, rachis 8-12 cm, pinnae 2-8(-10) pairs, 4-7 cm; Stipules caducous. Inflorescences consisting of pedunculate 20-40- flowered capitate racemes, 2-6 together in the distal leaf axils, or aggregated in terminal racemes; Flowers white turning yellowish, pentamerous. Stamens numerous. Seeds transverse, funicle long, slender.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines), Jamaica present, all over the tropics cultivated
Jamaica; cultivated all over the tropics as an ornamental. Said to be naturalized in the Philippines (PNH 7014). Tried as cover plant in teak and tea plantations. In Malesia found at altitudes up to 1100 m.

Citation

Benth. 1875 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: 532
Burkill 1935 – In: Diet.: 24
Fournet 1978: Fl. Guadeloupe et Martinique: 704
Backer & Bakh. f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 557
Fawc. & Rendle 1920 – In: Fl. Jamaica: 141
De Wit 1961 – In: Taxon: 53
Adams 1972: Fl. Pl. Jamaica: 336