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Acacia decurrens Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia decurrens Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia angulata Desv. {Synonym}
    Acacia decurrens var. angulata (Desv.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia molissima var. angulata (Desv.)Walp. {Synonym}
    Mimosa angulata (Desv.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Mimosa decurrens Donn {Synonym}
    Mimosa decurrens Wendl. {Synonym}
    Racosperma decurrens (Willd.)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Black Wattle [2022, 3579]; Common Wattle [3030]; Green Wattle [19, 2080, 3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (I) [24]; South Africa (I) [19]; Tanzania (I) [8]
  Asia
China (I) [3403]; Guangdong [3403]; India (I) [1947, 3018, 3140, 3144, 3366, 3367]; Andhra Pradesh [3367]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Karnataka [3018]; Manipur [3366]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3367]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [1947]; Indonesia (I) [2022]; Jawa (N) [2022]; Pakistan (I) [2010]; Sri Lanka (I) [1927]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [19, 2022, 3579]; Australian Capital Territory [3579]; New South Wales [3579]; Queensland [3579]; South Australia [3579]; Victoria [3579]; Western Australia [3579]; Tasmania (U) [3579]
  Caribbean
Haiti (I) [2157]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2080]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2080]
  South America
Colombia (U) [1292]; Ecuador (I) [2233]; Venezuela (U) [1661]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [19];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [19, 1947, 1983, 2010, 2022, 2080, 3367, 3403, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [3579, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS extract, 2004

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1947, 3030, 3367, 3579]; Environmental [1927, 3030]; Medicine [3030]; Wood [1947, 3030, 3367]

  
NOTES:
  Australia, SE South Australia, SE Queensland, parts of New South Wales and [3579]
  Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and possibly Tasmania. The "natural" [3579]
  or native distribution is confused by naturalisation caused by widespread [3579]
  plantings in the past in New South Wales including the Australian Capital [3579]
  Territory. [3579]
  A.decurrens was introduced to South Africa, where it has played an important [3579]
  role in the tannin bark industry. [3579]
  Introduced & cultivated in the mountain regions of Java. [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

19.

  Ross, J.H., 1975
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

1292.

  Garcia-Barriga, H. & Forero, E., 1968
    Catalogo Ilustrado de Las Plantas de Cundinamarca 3:1-136

1661.

  Steyermark, J.A. & Huber, O., 1978
    Flora del Avila 514-565 Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

1927.

  Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1980
    Mimosaceae. In Flora of Ceylon, Vol. 1.M.D. Dassanayalu....

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
    Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

2010.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan,No.36.Mimosaceae.Karachi:Univ.of Karachi

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2080.

  Webb, C.J. et al., 1988
    Flora of New Zealand Vol IV

2157.

  Liogier, A.H., 1985
    La Flore de la Espanola.III

2233.

  Zarucchi, J.L., 1993
    Specimen in MO herbarium

3018.

  Rao, R.R. & Razi, B.A., 1980
    A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3140.

  Chowdhery, H.J. & Wadhwa, B.M., 1984
    Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol.1

3144.

  Naithani, B.D., 1984
    Flora of India series 3. Flora of Chamoli. B.S.I. Calcutta

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3367.

  Chakrabarty T, Gangopadhyay M, 1996
    The genus Acacia. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 20:599-633

3403.

  Wu, T.L., 1988
    Mimososoideae. In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Leguminosae 1)

3579.

  Orchard, AE & Wilson, AJG, Eds., 2001
    Flora of Australia, Vol. 11A. Mimosaceae, Acacia part 1

3593.

  Matthew, K.M., 1996
    Illustrations on the Flora of the Plain Hills, South India.

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