A small-medium tree with hard, grey-brown bar, growing to 12 m. The leaves are light-green and sickle-shaped. The cream-coloured flowers are made up of many florets in a ball shape. Seedpods are curved or twisted.
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| Distinctive Features |
The sickle-shaped leaf has distinct parallel veins with numerous fainter ones parallel and branching but not giving an impression of a net. Feathery twice-divided (bipinnate) leaves may persist on some plants.
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| Biology |
Perennial. Flowering is influenced by rainfall. Pollinated by insects. Seeds are dispersed by birds and ants.
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A small-medium tree with hard, grey-brown bar, growing to 12 m. The leaves are light-green and sickle-shaped. The cream-coloured flowers are made up of many florets in a ball shape. Seedpods are curved or twisted.
| Details |
| Flora Type |
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| Distinctive Features |
The sickle-shaped leaf has distinct parallel veins with numerous fainter ones parallel and branching but not giving an impression of a net. Feathery twice-divided (bipinnate) leaves may persist on some plants.
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| Biology |
Perennial. Flowering is influenced by rainfall. Pollinated by insects. Seeds are dispersed by birds and ants.
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| Taxonomy |
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Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) |
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Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants) |
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Leaves and bark were used by the Aboriginal people for dyeing fibres. Pollen is 25% crude protein which makes it suitable for honey production by bees. In NSW the fresh gum was eaten once flowering had finished. A damper was made from the wattle seeds and baked.
| Interesting Facts |
| Similar Species |
Distinguished from Blackwood A. melanoxylon by summer flowering period.
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