Northern wattle

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Acacia crassicarpa

Northern wattle, a reference photo
Photo: coenobita · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Acacia crassicarpa, commonly known as thick-podded salwood, lancewood, northern golden wattle or northern wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Queensland, Australia and New Guinea. It is a tree with lance-shaped, more or less sickle-shaped phyllodes, spikes of pale to light golden yellow flowers and flat, narrowly oblong to oblong, winged pods.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Northern 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 crassicarpa

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