Golden flowered salwood
Acacia aulacocarpa, Fam. Mimosaceae
Shrub or small tree 2-8m in height.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Shrub, Small tree |
| Family: | Mimosaceae |
| Leaf: | Simple Alternate Simple, alternate, straight, subfalcate or sometimes falcate, 5-12.5 x 0.7-3.5cm, glabrous, wax coated with slight whitish bloom, three longitudinal veins more obvious than the other numerous parallel veins, basal gland present but inconspicuous. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Yellow, Gold |
| Flower description: | Golden-yellow flowers in groups of 1-4 occurring on an axil from January to October. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Brown, Red |
| Fruit: | Dry |
| Fruit description: | Brown to red- brown, narrow, oblong and flat seed pods, straight or a little curved, sometimes with a slight spiral, 1.5-8 x 0.8-1.5cm, veined with interveining furrows, greyish aril, brown to black seeds from September to January. |
| Habitat: | Gallery (riverine or riparian) forest, open forest, woodland |
| Distribution | North east to south east Queensland and north east New South Wales. |
| Food source for: | Australian king parrot |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia |
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