Acacia holosericea

Primary tabs

Acacia holosericea

Description

Unarmed shrub or small tree, 3-6(-9) m high, with spreading branches. Branchlets sharply angled, glabrous, sericeous, or tomentose. Flowers yellow, slightly scented, pentamerous, bi sexual. Stamens c. 3-4 mm. Ovary sessile, sericeous. Seeds rectangular-obovate-elliptic, glossy dark brown, 3.5-5 by 2.5 mm;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Australasia: Northern Territory (Northern Territory present); Queensland (Queensland present), W Australia present, tropical Australia present
Tropical Australia (W Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland); in Malesia introduced as a street tree. Bark grey to black, rather rough-fissured. Altitude up to 2500 m.

Citation

G. Don 1900 – In: Qld. Fl.: 512
Bailey 1883: Syn. Qld. Fl.: 143
Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum.: 169
G. Don 1978 – In: Austrobaileya: 181
Pedley 1964 – In: Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld.: 57