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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

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)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Acacia parramattensis Tindale tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. Oahu BISH
2 Acacia parramattensis Tindale between homelani cemetary and top of waikolu valley lower forest preserve PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 7256 Molokai BISH 6/7/1928
3 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 2759 Oahu BISH 3/1/1912
4 Acacia parramattensis Tindale tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 2759 Oahu BISH 3/1/1912
5 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 12864 Oahu BISH
6 Acacia parramattensis Tindale 3234 tanatalus, honoululu, base of 2nd set of switchbacks to top roadside; Carissa macrocarpa, Manihot glaziovii, Persea americana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ray, g. gibney, e. collector number: 53 Oahu BISH 9/16/1997
7 Acacia parramattensis Tindale 3234 Tanatalus, Honoululu, base of 2nd set of switchbacks to top roadside; Carissa macrocarpa, Manihot glaziovii, Persea americana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. 53 Oahu BISH 9/16/1997
8 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Forestry Camp PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Uehara, S. s.n. Molokai BISH 10/18/1962
9 Acacia parramattensis Tindale honolulu In shade of Leucaena shrubs on floor of the crater, along jeep road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN weber, p.w. Oahu BISH 5/1/1945
10 Acacia parramattensis Tindale tantalus Moist woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 12864 Oahu BISH
11 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Tantalus, 3234 Tantalus Dr, base of second set of switchbacks to top Mesic-wet forest at roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 53 NY 9/16/1997
12 Acacia parramattensis Tindale tantalus, 3234 tantalus dr, base of second set of switchbacks to top on arid aa lava flow PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 53 CM 9/16/1997
13 Acacia parramattensis Tindale se oahu, tantalus dr., near honolulu. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. l. little jr. 31005 Oahu US 8/5/1976
14 Acacia parramattensis Tindale between homelani cemetery and top of waikolu valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 7256 Molokai US 6/7/1928
15 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Between Homelani Cemetery and top of Waikolu Valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 7256 Molokai US 6/7/2028
16 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Waikiki-Tantlus Trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Garber, D. W. 375 Oahu US 4/18/2020
17 Acacia parramattensis Tindale tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 12864 Oahu US
18 Acacia parramattensis Tindale SE Oahu, Tantalus Dr., near Honolulu. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E. L. 31005 Oahu US 8/5/1976
19 Acacia parramattensis Tindale waikiki-tantlus trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. w. garber 375 Oahu US 4/18/1920
20 Acacia parramattensis Tindale honolulu, tantalus drive roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN little jr., e.l. collector number: 31005 Oahu BISH 8/5/1976
21 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Between Homelani Cemetary and top of Waikolu Valley lower forest preserve PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 7256 Molokai BISH 6/7/1928
22 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Weber, P.W. s.n. Oahu BISH 5/1/1945
23 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Honolulu, Tantalus Drive roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E.L. 31005 Oahu BISH 8/5/1976
24 Acacia parramattensis Tindale 3234 Tanatalus, Honoululu, base of 2nd set of switchbacks to top roadside; Carissa macrocarpa, Manihot glaziovii, Persea americana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. Gibney, E. Collector Number: 53 Oahu BISH 9/16/1997
25 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Tantalus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. s.n. Oahu BISH
26 Acacia parramattensis Tindale Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Weber, P.W. Oahu BISH 5/1/1945
27 Acacia parramattensis Tindale forestry camp PRESERVED_SPECIMEN uehara, s. Hawaii BISH 10/18/1962
28 Acacia parramattensis Tindale 96790, Kula, HI, US Mesic-wet forest at roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 53 Hawaii HAPI 9/16/1997
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