Acacia palustris
Luehm.
Needlewood
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Pods, Seeds
Young pods are cooked and eaten whole, while mature seeds are ground into flour and cooked as damper.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in Western Australia. It is in open country. It is often along creeks and in swampy places.
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How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The pods are flattened.
How to Grow
It is grown from seed.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Acacia palustris, commonly known as needlewood, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to an arid area of western Australia
Notes
There are about 1,350 Acacia species. Over 1,000 occur in Australia. Also as Mimosaceae.
References (2)
- Bindon, P., 1996, Useful Bush Plants. Western Australian Museum. p 25
- Paczkowska, G . & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 318
