Scientific Name: Acacia longissima

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  • Pronunciation:
    ah-KAY-sha lon-gee-SEEM-ah
  • Common Name:
    Narrow-leaved Wattle
  • Derivation:
    Acacia: Gr. akakia - to sharpen (first species described had short, pointed leaves) longissima: L. longi - long
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    MIMOSACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White Summer Autumn and most of year. Individual flowers fairly well spaced on spike, rod
  • Fruit:
    Pod
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest,open euc. On better quality soils,
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Weyba Esp, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Mill Point, Cranks Creek, Janet, Leslie Drive Roundabout, TAFE, Stratford Park, NNS, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park, Wallace Park,
Cultural Notes

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

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.

Identification Notes

Leaves long narrow Flowers long narrow in rods Individual flowers well spaced on spike