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Acacia parramattensis

Tindale (1962)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia

Parramatta green wattle, Sydney green wattle

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees (shrubby when young) up to 15 m tall.

Stems: Branches glabrous or with scattered hairs.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (bipinnate). Alternate. Blades with 6–14 pairs of pinnae, each with 30–44 leaflet pairs; Leaflets linear–oblong, 2–5 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide. Petiolate, with a nectary on the main rachis between or near each pair of pinnae. Stipules inconspicuous.

Flowers: Flowers bracteoles absent, flowers ca. 1.8 mm long, in heads ca. 5 mm in diameter (excl. stamens), these arranged in terminal leafy panicles not exceeding the subtending leaves. Flowers mimosaceous. Calyx campanulate. Corolla pale yellow. Stamens numerous, ca. 3 mm long. Ovary superior.

Fruit: Pods oblong; laterally flattened; not constricted or constricted in only 1–2 places; 6–11 cm long; 0.4–0.75 cm wide; sutures yellowish; subglabrous. Seeds ellipsoid; laterally flattened; 4–8 mm long; 3–6 mm wide.

Ploidy: 2n = 26

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Birds
Forestry

Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Yuki Ishida
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • on O'ahu in 1912

Bibliography

Name Published In: Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 3: 127 (1962)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:643 (O, Mo); Uehara s.n. BISH 54445 (Mo†, 1962)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Acacia parramattensis Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Weber, P.W. Oahu BISH 1945-05-01
2 Acacia parramattensis Honolulu, Tantalus Drive roadside Preserved_Specimen Spreading tree 30', 1' diam. Little Jr., E.L. 31005 Oahu BISH 1976-08-05
3 Acacia parramattensis Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH
4 Acacia parramattensis Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2759 Oahu BISH 1912-03-01
5 Acacia parramattensis Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 12864 Oahu BISH
6 Acacia parramattensis Between Homelani Cemetary and top of Waikolu Valley lower forest preserve Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 7256 Molokai BISH 1928-06-07
7 Acacia parramattensis Forestry Camp Preserved_Specimen tree; pods straight, edges indented only here and there Uehara, S. Molokai BISH 1962-10-18
8 Acacia parramattensis 3234 Tanatalus, Honoululu, base of 2nd set of switchbacks to top roadside; Carissa macrocarpa, Manihot glaziovii, Persea americana Preserved_Specimen to 15 m tree; copious resin Ray, G. 53 Oahu BISH 1997-09-16
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