Acacia pendula

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Weeping Myall
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. pendula
Binomial name
Acacia pendula
A.Cunn. ex G.Don, 1832
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia pendula, commonly known as the weeping myall,[1] true myall, myall, silver-leaf boree,[2] boree,[1] and nilyah,[3] is a species of wattle, which is native to Australia. The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that common names included "Weeping Myall", "True Myall", and Indigenous people of western areas of New South Wales and Queensland referred to the plant as "Boree" and "Balaar".[4]

Description

Acacia bark

The tree typically grows to a height of 5 to 13 m (16 to 43 ft)

seed pods that form after flowering are flat and straight to strongly curved and age to a brown colour. The pods are irregularly constricted between each seed and are 3 to 9 cm (1.2 to 3.5 in) in length and 10 to 20 mm (0.39 to 0.79 in).[1] Seeds are often collected between October and January.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was formally described by the botanist George Don in 1832 as part of the work A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants. It was reclassified as Racosperma pendulum by Leslie Pedley in 1987 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2014.[6] The specific epithet is in reference to the pendulous habit of the tree.[1] It is derived from the Latin word pendere meaning to fall.[3]

Distribution

It occurs naturally in dry

Hunter Valley. It is often situated on major river floodplains growing as part of woodlands, sometimes as the dominant species, where it grows well in heavy clay soils.[1] In all states it is found to the west of the Great Dividing Range growing in alluvial soils consisting of sand, gravel, silt and clay in areas that receive 400 to 600 mm (16 to 24 in) of annual rainfall.[3]

Uses and cultivation

In The Useful Native Plants of Australia it was noted that "Stock are very fond of the leaves of this tree, especially in seasons of drought, and for this reason, and because they eat down the seedlings, it has almost become exterminated in parts of the colonies."[4]

The tree is available commercially as seedlings

fixing nitrogen into the soil. The blue-grey foliage and weeping habit make it popular both domestically and in overseas cultivation, including in Iran and Kuwait.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Acacia pendula A.Cunn. & G.Don". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Acacia pendula". Factsheet. Lucid Central. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Acacia pendula Weeping Myall, Boree, Nilyah, Balaar". Growing Native Plants. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b J. H. Maiden (1889). The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania. Turner and Henderson, Sydney.
  5. ^ a b "Acacia pendula Weeping Myall, Boree". Mt William Advanced Tree Nursery. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Acacia pendula A.Cunn. ex G.Don". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

External links

Media related to Acacia pendula at Wikimedia Commons

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