Fabaceae FAMILY

Acacia minyura

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

Especially in times of drought, many Acacia species can concentrate high levels of the toxin Hydrogen cyanide in their foliage, making them dangerous for herbivores to eat.

Botanical Description

Acacia minyura is a usually multi-stemmed shrub with a dense crown; it can grow up to 4 metres tall and wide. The branchlets have massive resinous ribs and a blue-grey resin coating the growing points and young phyllodes. Although it produces true leaves as a seedling, like most members of this section of the genus, the mature plant does not have true leaves but has leaf-like flattened stems called phyllodes[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its resin.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland

HabitatUsually found on sandy soils, occasionally on loamy clays, particularly in dune swales and occasionally on shallow rocky soils[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ].