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Acacia auriculiformis

Authority Cunn. ex Benth. Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae Synonyms Racosperma auriculiforme (A. Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley Common names auri, black wattle, ear leaf acacia, ear pod wattle, earleaf acacia, Papuan wattle, tuhkehn pwelmwahu (Pohnpei), wattle Editor Ecocrop code 295

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A low to medium-sized fast growing deciduous or evergreen tree. The tree can reach a height of 8-30 m and a trunk diameter of up to 60 cm. It has bright yellow flowers. USES The wood can be used for firewood, charcoal, and high quality sulphate and neutral sulphite semichemical pulp. Tanning and dye can be extracted from the bark. The tree can provide shelter in beach a sea-front plantings, it can be used for revegetation of mining spoil heaps and wastelands, to stabilise steep eroded land, for shade and as an ornamental. It is mentioned as a possible agroforestry species. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. Tolerate a dry season of 120-240 days. Can be grown with a rotation of 10-12 years. COMMON NAMES Tan wattle, Northern black wattle, Earpod wattle, Darwin black wattle, Akashmoni, Australia babul, Kasia, Papua wattle, Japanese acacia, Auri, Kasia. FURTHER INF Scientific synonyms: A. moniliformis, A. auriculaeformis. Tan wattle is indigenous to northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and the Kei Islands of Indonesia. It can be found naturally occuring within the latitudinal range 7-20°S, at altitudes between sea level and 600 m. It occurs naturally in coastal lowlands, in closed forests along streams, in low open forests and savannas, adjacent to mangroves, or behind beaches. It can grow on step slopes. Optimum annual wood production is 10-20 m3/ha. The tree fixes nitrogen and regenerates rapidly. Branches break easily in storm winds and the tree is not very fire resistant. In Florida the tree has become a weed.
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SOURCES (A. auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth.) Webb D 1984 pp 85 [RAIN, TEMP, TEXT, PH, DRA, DEP, LIG, USE] Sims D (pers. comm.) National RC 1983 pp 26 National RC 1983c pp 70 [TEMP, RAIN, FER] National RC 1980 pp 34-35 [FER, DRA, TEMP, RAIN, DEP, TEXT, PH, LIMITS] National RC 1979 pp 165 INSPIRE species 2 [RAIN, TEMP, TEXT, PH, DRA, LIG, USE] Turnbull J 1982 pp 42 Pinyopusarerk P 1994 (pers. comm.) Boland D 1984 pp 156-157 [TEMP, RAIN, TEXT] Little E 1983 pp 3-5 [TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, TEXT, DEP, PH, USE] Hensleigh T 1988 pp 1-5 [DEP, TEXT, DRA, PH, FER, TEMP, RAIN, LIG, USE] Zabala N 1990 pp 96-100 [RAIN, TEXT, DEP, DRA, PH, FER, LIG, USE] Turnbull J 1986 pp 108-111 [TEMP, RAIN, DRA, SAL, TEXT, FER, USE]