Acacia homalophylla
| Yarran | |
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| Specimen growing near Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. homalophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia homalophylla A. Cunn. ex Benth.
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
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Acacia homalophylla is a small tree found in the eastern half of Australia, where it is known as the yarran.[1] It has also been introduced into India and Pakistan.[2]
Description
Acacia homalophylla has a clean trunk and leafy head, a dark gray, rough bark, narrow, usually straight leaves, and yellow flowers in balls. The leaves are edible and used for fodder.[3] It usually flowers in August–October, sometimes November.
It yields a gum.[4] Its wood (called myall-wood) is durable, fragrant, and dark-colored, and used by the natives for spears.[5]
The tree or shrub can grow to a height of 7 m (23 ft) and has an erect or spreading nabit and is often suckering. It has
Etymology
The name probably refers to the smoothness of the
Distribution
It has a scattered distribution through
See also
References
- ^ "Atlas of living Australia". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014.
- ^ "International Legume Database".
- ^ "Everist, 1969".
- ^ Sturtevant's notes on edible plants. 1919. p. 19.
- ^ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. 1913.
- ^ a b c d "Plantnet". Retrieved 20 December 2014.