Acacia hakeoides

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Hakea wattle
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Near Lake Cowal
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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. hakeoides
Binomial name
Acacia hakeoides
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [1]
  •  ? Acacia falciformis var. propinquaBenth.
  • Acacia hakeoidesA.Cunn. ex Benth. var. hakeoides
  • Racosperma hakeoides(Benth.) Pedley
Habit near Boree Creek Acacia hakeoides habit.jpg
Habit near Boree Creek

Acacia hakeoides, known colloquially as hakea wattle, hakea-leaved wattle or western black wattle, [2] is a species of flowering plant endemic to southern Australia. It is a bushy shrub or tree with lance-shaped to linear phyllodes, racemes of bright golden-yellow flowers and more or less leathery to leathery to hard and brittle pods. It can be found growing in sandy soils in semiarid and Eucalyptus woodland in the region.

Description

Acacia hakeoides is a bushy shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in) and has glabrous branchlets. Its phyllodes are narrowly egg-shaped to lance-shaped, with the narrower end towards the base, mostly 40–120 mm (1.6–4.7 in) long and 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) wide with one or two glands on the edges and a prominent midvein. The flowers are bright golden-yellow and borne in a raceme 10–80 mm (0.39–3.15 in) long at the base of phyllodes, with six to twelve clusters of 20 to 30 flowers, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) in diameter. Flowering usually occurs from July to November, and the fruit is a straight or twisted pod 70–120 mm (2.8–4.7 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide. The seeds are dull black, 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long, with a club-shaped aril. [2] [3] [4] [2] [5] [6]

Taxonomy

Acacia hakeoides was first formally describe in 1842 by George Bentham in the London Journal of Botany from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. [7] [8] The specific epithet (hakeiodes) means "Hakea-like". [9]

Distribution and habitat

Hakea wattle is widespread and common in open scrub, Eucalyptus woodland or mallee in western New South Wales, [3] north-western Victoria, [6] southern coastal areas of South Australia including the Nullarbor region, [4] and the Coolgardie, Hampton, Mallee and Nullarbor bioregions of southern Western Australia. [10]

Uses

The seed of "Acacia hakeoides" is edible and it has been suggested that this seed is suitable for culinary use as a flavouring agent, as a stable carbohydrate or as a coffee substitute, among others. [11] In light of this fact, the species has been listed by one study as a medium priority species of interest for domestication for seed production purposes. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia hakeoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Acacia hakeoides". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 Kodela, Phillip G.; Harden, Gwen J. "Acacia hakeoides". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Acacia hakeoides". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Maslin, Bruce R.; Kodela, Phillip G. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia hakeoides". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Acacia hakeoides". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Acacia hakeoides". APNI. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Bentham, George (1842). "Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species". London Journal of Botany. 1: 354. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 213. ISBN   9780958034180.
  10. ↑ "Acacia hakeoides". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  11. 1 2 McDonald MW, Maslin BR, Thomson LA (2002). "Domestication of wattles with edible seeds for the wheatbelt of Western Australia" (PDF). Conservation Science W. Aust. 4 (3): 170–180. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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