Scientific Name: Acacia leiocalyx

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  • Pronunciation:
    ah-KAY-sha lee-oh-CAY-lix
  • Common Name:
    Black Wattle
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    Yellow Winter Spring rod
  • Fruit:
    Pod
  • Flowers Color:
    Yellow
  • Fruit Color:
    Brown
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, SBHS, Bush food, Craft, Emu Mt., Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Peregian Boardwalk, Pomona School Oval, Mooloolaba TAFE, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP service road, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Island, Noosa Council Preferred Species list., Janet, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Leslie Drive Roundabout, TAFE, Emu Swamp, Lake Cooroibah West, Arthur Harrold NR, Marcus Dunes, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park, Regional Ecosystem 12.2.14.
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Seeds and gum eaten

Acacia species - Many wattle species have gum that exudes from their stems and trunks. The pale gums can be sucked like candy or soaked in water as jelly.

Source of fibre.

Identification Notes

**LOOK FOR** End branches red angled winged. ||Flowers in rods. |Fruit loosely and irregularly coiled. |Leaf (phyllode): veins anastomosing||