Acacia leptocarpa

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Acacia leptocarpa

Description

Tree to 12 m high. Branchlets angular in the ultimate portions only, glabrous. Flowers pale to golden yellow, pentamerous. Stamens 3-4 mm. Ovary sessile, densely puberulous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong, 3-4 by 2-2.5 mm;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Lesser Sunda Is. present, Australasia: Northern Territory (Northern Territory present), S New Guinea present, Wetar present, coastal districts of Queensland N of 25° S present
Australia (coastal districts of Queensland N of 25° S, Northern Territory); in Malesia: Lesser Sunda Islands (Wetar), S New Guinea.

Notes

The Wetar collection (Gunn & McDonald BVG 1989, CANB, PERTH) is a spindly, 1 m tall, fruiting shrub. The upper vein of the phyllode is slightly less distinct than the other two and the fruiting spikes are 3 cm long.

Citation

Pedley 1975 – In: Contr. Qld. Herb.: 19
Benth. 1978 – In: Austrobaileya: 175
Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guinea Legum.: 169