Acacia papyrocarpa
Benth.
Western myall
FabaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit (pods) are eaten.
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.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Acacia papyrocarpa, commonly known as western myall, is a tree in the family Fabaceae native to arid areas of central and western Australia.
Names & Synonyms
Acacia sowdeni MaidenAcacia sowdenii Maiden
References (1)
- Cancilla, D., 2018, Ethnobotanical and Ethnozoological Values Desktop Assessment - Eliwana Project. p 39
