Acacia oncinocarpa
| Acacia oncinocarpa | |
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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. oncinocarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia oncinocarpa Benth. | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia oncinocarpa is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to northern Australia.
Description
The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 5 m (1 ft 8 in to 16 ft 5 in) and has a rounded and resinous habit but can have a prostrate habit in exposed coastal locales. The smooth or flaky bark can be grey to brown in colour and it has angular branchlets with reddish brown granules. Like most species of Acacia it has
seed pods form that have a narrowly oblanceolate to linear shape and are basally narrowed. The erect, flat and straight-sided seed pods have a length of 5 to 11 cm (2.0 to 4.3 in) and a width of 4.5 to 10 mm (0.18 to 0.39 in) The brown seeds are arranged obliquely in the pods. The oblong-elliptic shaped seeds have a length of 4 to 7 mm (0.16 to 0.28 in) with a narrowly conical aril.[1]
Distribution
It is native to a small area in the
top end of the Northern Territory where it is quite common throughout Arnhem Land. It is often situated on coastal sand dunes or cliff area where it is found growing loamy or sandy and often gravelly soils on or around sandstone, granite or laterite as a part of Eucalyptus or Melaleuca woodland or shrubland communities.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Acacia oncinocarpa". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.