Acacia burkittii

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Burkitt's wattle
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. burkittii
Binomial name
Acacia burkittii
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Acacia burkittii is a species of wattle endemic to Western Australia, South Australia and western New South Wales, where it is found in arid zones, [3] and is a perennial shrub in the family Fabaceae. Common names for it include Burkitt's wattle, fine leaf jam, gunderbluey, pin bush and sandhill wattle. [3] It has also been introduced into India.[ citation needed ] Previously this species was referred to as Acacia acuminata subsp. burkittii, but is now considered to be a separate species. [4] Grows in mallee, eucalypt and mulga woodland or shrubland, often on sandhills. [5]

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Description

Erect or spreading shrub 1–4 m high or sometimes taller; bark finely fissured, dark brown; branchlets terete, glabrous.

Phyllodes straight or curved, terete or subterete, 5–16 cm long, 0.5–1.3 mm wide, obscurely multistriate, usually finely hairy along margins especially towards curved, acute apex; glands absent or 1 inconspicuous gland at base; pulvinus 2–3 mm long.

Inflorescences 2 or 3 in axil of phyllodes; heads ± ovoid or cylindrical, 0.5–1.5 cm long, bright yellow, usually sessile or with peduncles 1–3 mm long. Flowers mostly 4-merous; calyx dissected by 1/2 or more, the lobes usually narrow, with rounded obtuse apices (i.e. ± spathulate).

Pods slightly curved, moniliform, 5–12 cm long, 5–7 mm wide, papery, glabrous; seeds longitudinal; funicle expanded towards seed.

Flowers from July to October.

Taxonomy

The description (by Ferdinand von Mueller) was published in George Bentham's Flora Australiensis in 1864 from a specimen, MEL 2078154, [6] found near Lake Gilles in South Australia, by Burkitt. [2]

Alkaloids

DMT in bark (0.2-1.2%), 0.1% alkaloids from leaves (mostly NMT); [7] 1.5% alkaloids from leaves and stems, mostly tryptamine [8]

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References

  1. "Acacia burkittii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 Bentham, G. (1864) Flora Australiensis 2: 400
  3. 1 2 "Flora of Australia profile:Acacia burkittii". profiles.ala.org.au. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. "Acacia burkittii". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. "Acacia burkittii". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 2015.
  6. MEL 2078154, JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. Recent Net reports, Australian underground info
  8. White, E.P. 1957. “Evaluation of further legumes, mainly Lupinus and Acacia species for alkaloids.” New Zealand J. Sci. & Tech. 38B:718-725