Ear-leaf Acacia
Acacia auriculiformis
Also known as Darwin Black Wattle
About Ear-leaf Acacia
Acacia auriculiformis, commonly known as ear-pod wattle, northern black wattle or Darwin black wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Maluku, New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Queensland. It is a tree with smooth bark, very narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of bright yellow to golden-yellow flowers, and strongly curved to spirally coiled, leathery to woody pods up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia auriculiformis
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- MIMOSACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Native to
- Tropical Australia
- Distribution
- Widely planted
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Bengali
- আকাশমণি
- Telugu
- అకేషియా అరికులిఫోర్మిస్
- Malayalam
- അക്കേഷ്യ, Acacia auriculiformis
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Ear-leaf Acacia belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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