Sickle wattle (Acacia falcata)

Sickle wattle, a reference photo — Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Acacia falcata, commonly known as burra, sickle-shaped acacia, sally, hickory wattle or silver-leaved wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub or tree with red-brown, glabrous branchlets, sickle-shaped phyllodes, spherical heads of creamy white flowers and linear, leathery pods.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Sickle wattle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Acacia falciformis
Acacia penninervis
Acacia obliquinervia
Acacia pycnantha
Acacia rubida

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acacia
Species: Acacia falcata

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