Scientific Name: Acacia hubbardiana

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  • Pronunciation:
    ah-KAY-sha hub-bar-dee-AH-nah
  • Common Name:
    Prickly Moses
  • Derivation:
    Acacia: to sharpen (first species described had short, pointed leaves)
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    MIMOSACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cream Winter Spring Balls
  • Fruit:
    Pod
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest/Wallum Woodland
  • 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 triangular. ||Flowers in balls.||

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||