Acacia melleodora, commonly known as scented wax wattle, waxy wattle or honey wattle is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to arid parts of inland Australia. It is a glabrous, resinous, sticky shrub egg-shaped to lance-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, spherical or oblong heads of golden yellow flowers and oblong to narrowly oblong, firmly papery pods.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Waxy 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 melleodora
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