Acacia aulacocarpa, commonly known as Papua New Guinea brown wattle, New Guinea wattle, golden-flowered salwood or lancewood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales. It is a shrub or tree, with elliptic to narrowly elliptic phyllodes, cylindrical heads of bright golden-yellow flowers, and narrowly oblong pods up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Black 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
- Species
- Acacia aulacocarpa
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