Acacia simsii

Primary tabs

Acacia simsii

Description

Shrub or small tree, 7 m high, bole 1-2 m, 2-10 cm d.b.h. Branchlets slender, angular, glabrous, sometimes with conspicuous lenticels. Stipules subpersistent, triangular, up to 1 mm. Flowers golden yellow, pentamerous. Stamens c. 3 mm. Ovary sessile, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, broadly elliptic, 3-4 by c. 3 mm, c. 1.5 mm thick;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Australasia, E Australia present
Australia (E Australia N of 20° S, N part of Northern Territory); in Malesia: New Guinea.

Citation

Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum.: 171
Benth. 1978 – In: Austrobaileya: 208
Pedley 1975 – In: Contr. Qld. Herb.: 13