Acacia jennerae
Maiden
Witchety bush
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Gum
The seeds and gum can be eaten.
Where to Find It
It grows around salt lakes and near water courses. It has some fire tolerance. It can grow in arid places.
Australia*,
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 jennerae (common name Coonavittra wattle) is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to arid parts of central Australia.
Notes
There are about 1,350 Acacia species. Over 1,000 occur in Australia. Also as Mimosaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Lalkerrek, Lalkirrika, Walalyirrki
References (7)
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- A. J. Ewart & O. B. Davies, Fl. N. Territory 333. 1917
- Latz, P., 1996, Bushfires and Bushtucker. IAD. p 102
- Lister, P.R., P. Holford, T. Haigh, and D.A. Morrison, 1996, Acacia in Australia: Ethnobotany and potential food crop. p. 228-236. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.
- Maslin, B. R., et al, 1998, Edible Wattle Seeds of Southern Australia. CSIRO p 30
- Paczkowska, G . & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 312
- Pennock, A., et al, Australian Dry-zone Acacias for Human Food: Proceedings of a Workshop.
