Acacia aneura

F.Muell. ex Benth. (1855)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia

mulga acacia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrub or tree 2.5–7 (–10 m) high, often multi–stemmed with bushy crowns.

Stems: Branchlets obscurely ribbed or ribless, ribs not resinous or with a normally thin layer of translucent resin, new shoots resinous, with a dense layer of dark-colored glandular hairlets.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple, modified into phyllodes. Alternate. Phyllodes narrowly linear to linear-elliptic, mostly shallowly incurved, not rigid, flat, 4–12 (–18) cm long, (1–) 1.5–3 (–4) mm wide. Blades glabrous or obscurely appressed-hairy between veins, normally grey-green to subglaucous and often with a silvery sheen. Longitudinal veins numerous and very fine, margins not resinous; gland 0–1(–3) mm above pulvinus.

Flowers: Inflorescences mostly simple; peduncles 4–10 (–15) mm long, sparsely to ± densely sericeous with commonly some red-brown glandular hairlets; spikes (10–) 15–30 (–40) mm long. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx of 5 sepals; Sepals free, ½–¾ length of petals, normally linear-spathulate. Corolla of 5 petals.

Fruit: Pods mostly straight-edged; flat; (1–) 1.5–4 cm long; (6–) 7–15 mm wide including the wing 0.4–1 (–2) mm wide; chartaceous to firmly chartaceous; normally brown to grey-brown; glabrous or sparsely appressed puberulous; obscurely reticulate; margins winged or rarely bevel-edged; often shiny-resinous. Seeds transverse to oblique; 3.5–5 mm long; 2.5–3 (–3.5) mm wide; elliptic to oblong or ovate; aril small; whitish or cream.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Molokai Only found in cultivation
Lana'i Naturalized
Kaho'olawe Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Linnaea 26: 627 (1855)

Other References

Wagner & Herbst 1995:19 (NEWNAT/L, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Lower Kaumalapau PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 1966 Lanai BISH 2/18/1984
2 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. hillside above ku heia ranch site grove of trees evidently planted. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pope, b. collector number: s.n. Kahoolawe BISH 12/28/1994
3 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaluakoi District, Puu Nana PreservedSpecimen Herbst, D.R. Spence, G. Collector Number: 5719 Molokai BISH Specimen 3/8/1976
4 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Koloa District, Lawai Valley, Kalaheo, National Tropical Botanical Garnden, lower valley, on W side of stream opposite nursery and Pump 6 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Derral Herbst & Glen Spence Kauai HAPI 3/8/1976
5 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Honouliuli Forest Reserve, Manawahua, No. 1 gate PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Judd, C.S. s.n. Oahu BISH 4/12/1939
6 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. lower kaumalapau PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 1966 Lanai BISH 2/18/1984
7 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaumalapau Hwy. In coastal dry scrub. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forest Starr Starr-070402-05 Lanai PTBG 4/2/2007
8 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. kiei gulch, w of lanai city and n of kaumalapau dry, grass; with Leucaena, Sida, Casuarina, Panicum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. hobdy, r.w.; perlman, s. collector number: 336 Lanai BISH 5/14/1980
9 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Puunana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Derral Herbst & Glen Spence LD 3/8/1976
10 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Ki'ei Gulche; West of Lanai City and north of Kaumalapau. Lowland Dry Flat Grassland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 336 Lanai PTBG 5/14/1990
11 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaluakoi District, Puu Nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R.; Spence, G. 5719 Molokai US 3/8/1976
12 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaluakoi, Puu Nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5719 Molokai BISH 3/8/1976
13 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. kaluakoi district, puu nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst & g. spence 5719 Molokai US 3/8/1976
14 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaluakoi District, Puu Nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5719 Molokai BISH 3/8/1976
15 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Maunalani Heights, Kaimuki, Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 29537 Oahu BISH 2/13/1948
16 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Hillside above Ku Heia Ranch site Grove of trees evidently planted. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pope, B. s.n. Kahoolawe BISH 12/28/1994
17 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. honouliuli forest reserve, manawahua, no. 1 gate PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd, c.s. Oahu BISH 4/12/1939
18 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. kaluakoi district, puu nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. spence, g. collector number: 5719 Molokai BISH 3/8/1976
19 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. maunalani heights, kaimuki, honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 29537 Oahu BISH 2/13/1948
20 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. kaluakoi, puu nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 3719 Molokai BISH 3/8/1976
21 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Lower Kaumalapau PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 1966 Lanai BISH 2/18/1984
22 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. hillside above ku heia ranch site grove of trees evidently planted. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pope, b. collector number: s.n. Kahoolawe BISH 12/28/1994
23 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaluakoi District, Puu Nana PreservedSpecimen Herbst, D.R. Spence, G. Collector Number: 5719 Molokai BISH Specimen 3/8/1976
24 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Koloa District, Lawai Valley, Kalaheo, National Tropical Botanical Garnden, lower valley, on W side of stream opposite nursery and Pump 6 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Derral Herbst & Glen Spence Kauai HAPI 3/8/1976
25 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Honouliuli Forest Reserve, Manawahua, No. 1 gate PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Judd, C.S. s.n. Oahu BISH 4/12/1939
26 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. lower kaumalapau PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 1966 Lanai BISH 2/18/1984
27 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaumalapau Hwy. In coastal dry scrub. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forest Starr Starr-070402-05 Lanai PTBG 4/2/2007
28 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. kiei gulch, w of lanai city and n of kaumalapau dry, grass; with Leucaena, Sida, Casuarina, Panicum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. hobdy, r.w.; perlman, s. collector number: 336 Lanai BISH 5/14/1980
29 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Puunana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Derral Herbst & Glen Spence LD 3/8/1976
30 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Ki'ei Gulche; West of Lanai City and north of Kaumalapau. Lowland Dry Flat Grassland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 336 Lanai PTBG 5/14/1990
31 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaluakoi District, Puu Nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R.; Spence, G. 5719 Molokai US 3/8/1976
32 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaluakoi, Puu Nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5719 Molokai BISH 3/8/1976
33 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. kaluakoi district, puu nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst & g. spence 5719 Molokai US 3/8/1976
34 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Kaluakoi District, Puu Nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5719 Molokai BISH 3/8/1976
35 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Maunalani Heights, Kaimuki, Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 29537 Oahu BISH 2/13/1948
36 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. Hillside above Ku Heia Ranch site Grove of trees evidently planted. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pope, B. s.n. Kahoolawe BISH 12/28/1994
37 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. honouliuli forest reserve, manawahua, no. 1 gate PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd, c.s. Oahu BISH 4/12/1939
38 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. kaluakoi district, puu nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. spence, g. collector number: 5719 Molokai BISH 3/8/1976
39 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. maunalani heights, kaimuki, honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 29537 Oahu BISH 2/13/1948
40 Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. kaluakoi, puu nana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 3719 Molokai BISH 3/8/1976