Acacia auriculiformis

Primary tabs

Acacia auriculiformis

Description

Spreading tree to 28 m high, bole up to 12 m and 50 cm d.b.h. Branchlets angular, glabrous. Flowers golden yellow, fragrant, pentamerous. Stamens c. 3 mm. Ovary densely puberulous. Seeds black, transverse, elliptic, c. 5 by 3.5 mm;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya; New Guinea present, Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Kai Islands present, Northern Territory N of 14° S present, W Malesia
Australia (Queensland and Northern Territory N of 14° S); in Malesia: New Guinea, Kai Islands; introduced to W Malesia and naturalized in Malaya.

Uses

Poles used for house construction; bark locally collected for tannins. Ornamental roadside tree, especially in W Malesia; also in plantations.

Citation

Pedley 1975 – In: Contr. Qld. Herb.: 17
Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum.: 163
Backer & Bakh. f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 558
Benth. 1978 – In: Austrobaileya: 172