Zig zag wattle
Acacia macradenia, Fam. Fabaceae
A spreading tree, 3-5 x 3-4m, with pendulous zig-zagging branches and smooth grey or brown bark.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Small tree |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Leaf: | Long, slightly curved, green phyllodes, 13-25 x 1-2.5cm, with a long tapering point and one prominent central vein. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: | |
| Flower description: | Bright yellow ball in elongated clusters, arising from the leaf axils. July to August. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Brown |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Dark brown pods, 7-9 x 0.4-0.5cm, constricted between the seed and alternately raised and depressed, giving a bead like appearance. Seed longitudinal in the pod. |
| Habitat: | Gallery (riverine or riparian) forest, woodland. |
| Distribution | Queensland. |
| Food source for: | |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia. |
| Notes: | Very decorative plant requiring good drainage and full sun. Propagate from treated seed. |
| Information sources: | Townsend K. & the Society for Growing Australian Plant Townsville Branch Inc. (1994) Across the Top: Gardening with Australian Plants in the tropics. |
