Acacia pendulaA.Cunn ex G.Don [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Acacia pendula
Acacia omalophylla
Acacia leucophylla
Flora
Entry for Acacia pendula [family FABACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Acacia pendula [family FABACEAE]
Information
Unarmed tree or shrub. Leaves phyllÂodic, apparently simple, linear to linear-oblong or lanceolate, 4,5-8 cm long, 3-9 mm wide, narrowed towards the base, coriaceous, with several inconspicuous longiÂtudinal nerves, often greyish or glaucous. Flowers in small round heads, usually arranged in very short axillary racemes. Pods oblong, flattened, 4-8 x 0,8-1,8 cm, the margins bordered by a narrow wing 0,5-2 mm wide.
Use
68. Acacia pendula A. Cunn. ex G. Don, Gen. Syst. 2 : 404 (1832); Benth. in Fl. Austral. 2 : 383 (1864); in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 30 : 479 (1875); Court in Willis, Handb. PI. Victoria 2 : 238 (1972); Ross in Bothalia 11 : 470 (1975). Type from New South Wales, Australia.
Range
Recorded from a Johannesburg park, Hobson sub PRE 32341; Middelburg, Cape, Loock sub PRE 32340.