Scientific Name: Acacia hubbardiana

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  • Pronunciation:
    ah-KAY-sha hub-bar-dee-AH-nah
  • Common Name:
    Prickly Moses
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cream Winter Spring Balls
  • Fruit:
    Pod
  • Vegetation Type:
    Coastal Heath
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, W2, Craft, Bush food, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Pindari Steiner School, Cooroibah26.4.09, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Janet, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, TAFE, Emu Swamp, NNS, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage 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.

Source of fibre.

Identification Notes

Leaves prickly and triangular. Flowers in balls.