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Acacia peuce F.Muell.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia peuce F.Muell. [Preferred name]
    Racosperma peuce (F.Muell.)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aratara [3579]; Arripar [3579]; Birdsville Wattle [3579]; Kungariya [3579]; Kurriyapiri [3579]; Red Ochre Father [3579]; Waddi [3579]; Waddy [3579]; Waddy Wood [1920]; Waddy-wood [3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880, 3579]; Northern Territory [1880, 3579]; Queensland [1880, 3579]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1919, 1920, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1920, 3579]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Vulnerable ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS extract

  
USES:
  Forage [1919]; Wood [1924, 3579]

  
NOTES:
  Potential timber & fuel in arid regions [1924]
  Biochemically (Tindale & Roux, 1974) this is related to A.crombiei & [3579]
  A.carneorum. [3579]
  Features strongly in Aboriginal mythology. [3579]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1920.

  Jessop, J.(Ed.), 1981
    Flora of Central Australia. Sydney

1924.

  Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L., 1980
    Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, Vols.1-5. (1980-1990)

3579.

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

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