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Dead finish

Acacia tetragonophylla

Dead finish
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia tetragonophylla commonly known as curara, kurara or dead finish, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae that is endemic to arid and semi-arid parts of central and western Australia. It is a tall, prickly shrub with round, yellow ball flowers.

Where it grows

It occurs on floodplains and along watercourses in arid and semi-arid areas throughout Western Australia, South Australia, southern Northern Territory, and east to near Charleville, Queensland and Brewarrina, New South Wales and is known to grow in a variety of habitats and soil types. In Western Australia it is found in the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions.

Uses

Aboriginal people in Central Australia collect the seeds to make seedcakes. Its name in Pitjantjajara is Wakalpuka.

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 tetragonophylla 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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