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Cape York Salwood

Acacia midgleyi

Cape York Salwood
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia midgleyi, commonly known as Cape York salwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It is usually a single-stemmed tree with hard bark, phyllodes with one edge convex and the other edge straight, spikes of cream-coloured to lemon yellow flowers, and narrowly oblong, flat or spirally twisted pods

Where it grows

Cape York salwood is endemic to Queensland, where it occurs along river banks, seasonal drainage systems and is a component of rainforest, between the Coleman River and north to the Wenlock and Olive River regions. It is most common on the uplands of the eastern side of Cape York Peninsula.

Other Acacia plants

Acacia abbatiana · Acacia abbreviata · Acacia abrupta · Acacia acanthaster · Harrow Wattle · Acacia acellerata · Gold-dust acacia · Acacia aciphylla · Acacia acoma · Acacia acradenia · Strap Leaved Wattle · Acacia acuaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia midgleyi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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