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Acacia tephrina
Boree is a native Australian tree of dry inland woodlands, growing up to about 20 m, with narrow phyllodes instead of true leaves. It is hardy and long-lived once established, provided it gets full sun and well-drained soil.
Acacia tephrina, commonly known as boree, is a tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of north eastern Australia. It is rated as being of least concern according to Nature Conservation Act 1992.
It will grow well in an open sunny position in a well-drained medium to heavy soil, but is able to tolerate seasonal inundations and infertile soils containing moderate salt levels that are slightly acidic to quite alkaline. Fertility is low. It is reasonably slow growing but is long-lived and some trees reach over 50 years in age. It can be planted in light shade and shelter. Prior to planting, seeds should be soaked or scarified.
It is native to an area of far eastern Northern Territory and central and southern Queensland with a disjunct distribution extending from around Cresswell on the Barkly Tableland of the Northern Territory in the west and into Queensland mostly to the western side of the Great Dividing Range with a range extending from Einasleigh in the north down to Cunnamulla in the south and out to around Bowen in the north east. It is found growing in heavy soils, including saline clay soils and as a part of open tall woodland or low woodland and shrubland communities.
The tree produces a hard and heavy dark red-brown coloured wood that is ideal to be used in rails, posts, and poles, it also makes great firewood that combusts when green or dry producing an intense heat. The bark contains tannins and are astringent and used by Indigenous Australians to treat diarrhoea and dysentery when taken or used as a wash to treat wounds or skin or eye problems.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia tephrina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
