Earpod Wattle

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Acacia auriculiformis

Earpod Wattle, a reference photo
Photo: Murray Fagg · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Acacia auriculiformis, commonly known as ear-pod wattle, northern black wattle or Darwin black wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Maluku, New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Queensland. It is a tree with smooth bark, very narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of bright yellow to golden-yellow flowers, and strongly curved to spirally coiled, leathery to woody pods up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Earpod 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 auriculiformis

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