Acacia saligna
Layer: Shrubs
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10
Edible: Yes
Edible parts: Flowers
Edible uses: Gum
Light requirement: Full sun
Water requirement: Dry, Moist
Soil texture preferences: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay
Utilities: Nitrogen fixer, Gum, Tannin, Fire starter, Hedgerow, Animal feed, Erosion control
Native To: Western Australia
Introduced To: Western Australia
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- 1000 seed weight (g)
- 16.9
- Alternate name
- Orange wattle
- Family
- Fabaceae or leguminosae
- Growth
- Fast
- Height
- 6.0
- Introduced into
- Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Greece, India, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales, Palestine, Portugal, Queensland, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Somalia, South Australia, Spain, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Victoria, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre
- Plants for a future
- https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Acacia saligna
- Plants of the world online
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471383-1
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_saligna
Slug: acacia-saligna
Permapeople ID: 509