Rosewood
Acacia rhodoxylon, Fam. Fabaceae
Small to medium tree, 6-20m tall with a fluted stem and branches and dark brown to grey coloured bark that peels off in small curved flakes. The heartwood is a deep dark brown to red brown colour while the lighter sapwood is creamy white. Branchlets are resinous, glabrous and angled upwards.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Small tree, Med tree |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Leaf: | Narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, glabrous and coriaceous phyllodes which are usually inaequilateral with a convex upper margin and a straight lower margin and can be shallowly sickle shaped, 6-10 x 0.8-2cm, with many mostly indistinct nerves with the exception of three to five nerves that are a little more prominent than the others. Quite resinous when young. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Yellow |
| Flower description: | Yellow flower spikes, 2-3cm long, borne singly or in pairs on long, glabrous stalks, 8-20mm. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Brown |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Brown, narrowly oblong, slightly resinous pods, 3-7 x 0.5-0.9cm, with seed arranged longitudinally to obliquely. Shiny brown elliptic seed, 3.5-4.5mm, with an aril. |
| Habitat: | Open forest, woodland. |
| Distribution | Queensland. |
| Food source for: | |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia. |
| Notes: | |
| Information sources: | Atlas of Living Australia (2022) Acacia rhodoxylon Maiden. |
