Fabaceae FAMILY

Acacia eriopoda

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Especially in times of drought, many Acacia species can concentrate high levels of the toxin Hydrogen cyanide in their foliage, making them dangerous for herbivores to eat.

Botanical Description

Acacia eriopoda is a slender, erect shub or a small tree with an open to somewhat dense canopy; it can grow from 1.5 - 6 metres tall[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The plant can either have a single trunk, or can divide at or near ground level into 2 - 4 ascending to erect trunks[ 1298 Title Wattles of the Pilbara Publication Author Website http://worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/descriptions/pilbara/html/default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A website with factsheets for the various Acacia species that grow in the Pilbara region of northwestern Western Australia ]. Although it produces true leaves as a seedling, llike most members of this section of the genus, the mature plant does not have true leaves but has leaf-like flattened stems called phyllodes[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The plant has potential for use as the source of an edible gum and as a fuel crop in arid areas.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - northern Western Australia

HabitatUsually found in red sand, also in stony sand or sandy loams, in savannah grasslands associated with Triodia , also along creeks; at elevations up to 1,300 metres[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. , 1310 Title Evaluation of Analgesis and Anti-inflammatory Activities of the Methanolic Leaf Extract of Adenodolichos paniculatus Publication International Journal of Biomedical Research 1[ 5 ] [ 2010 ] 185-193 Author Sani M.B; Anuka J.A.; Zezi A.U.; Magaji I.I.; Yaro A.H.; Mag Website http://www.ssjournals.com Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ].