Acacia crassicarpa

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Acacia crassicarpa

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• Description
• Distribution
• Uses
• Notes
• Citation

Description

Tree to 33 m high, bole to 18 m high, d.b.h. up to 35 cm. Branchlets angular, scurfy. Flowers yellow, pentamerous. Stamens 2-3 mm. Ovary shortly puberulous. Seeds transverse, in separate compartments, oblong, 5-6 by 2-3 mm;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Coastal Queensland N of c. 20° S present, western part of Papua New Guinea present

Coastal Queensland N of c. 20° S; in Malesia: western part of Papua New Guinea.

Uses

Wood used for heavy construction, furniture, flooring, cabinet-making, boat-building and panelling, and for posts in native buildings.

Notes

Closely related to A. aulacocarpa, but A. crassicarpa has broader pods with the valves more woody, not undulate, without distinct reticulate veins when mature, the phyllodes with longer pul- vini and with a yellowish tinge especially on major veins and margins (Verdcourt, l.c.).

Citation

Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum.: 166

Benth. 1978 – In: Austrobaileya: 147

Pedley 1975 – In: Contr. Qld. Herb.: 15