Acacia pachycarpa

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Acacia pachycarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. pachycarpa
Binomial name
Acacia pachycarpa
Benth.
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia pachycarpa is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to central and western parts of northern Australia.

The Walmajarri people of the Paruku IPA in the Kimberley call this wattle Parrayari.[1]

Description

The weeping tree or tall bushy shrub typically grows to a height of 2 to 6 metres (7 to 20 ft).

glabrous and grey coloured branches. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen, broadly linear to narrowly elliptic phyllodess have a length of 13 to 34 cm (5.1 to 13.4 in) and a width of 6 to 20 mm (0.24 to 0.79 in). The thinly coriaceous phyllodes resemble a strap and are straight to curved and glabrous with one to five widely spaced main longitudinal nerves with many indistinct minor nerves.[3] It flowers from May to June producing cream-white flowers.[2]

Distribution

It is native to

Yanrey Station to Minderoo Station and around Telfer. It is often found in cracking clay pans and in clay depressions along drainage lines but also in sandy alluvium type soils in minor watercourses and in clay or sandy loam soils.[3]

References

  1. Wikidata Q106088428
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  2. ^
    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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  3. ^ a b "Acacia pachycarpa". Wattles of the Pilbara. Department of Environment and Conservation. 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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