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Acacia saligna (Labill.)Wendl.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia saligna (Labill.)Wendl. [Preferred name]
    Acacia bracteata Maiden & Blakeley {Synonym}
    Acacia cyanophylla Lindl. {Synonym}
    Acacia lindleyi Meissner {Synonym}
    Mimosa saligna Labill. {Synonym}
    Racosperma salignum (Labill.)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Blue-leafed Wattle [3579]; Golden Wreath Wattle [1917, 2944, 3579]; Orange Wattle [3579]; Port Jackson Willow [19]; Western Australian Golden Watt [3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [8]; Libya (I) [1862]; Mozambique (I) [28]; Namibia (I) [19]; South Africa (I) [19]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [1114]; Zambia (I) [28]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3367]; Karnataka [1914]; Tamil Nadu [3367]; Iraq (I) [1939]; Pakistan (I) [2010]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [19, 1880, 3579]; New South Wales [1880, 3579]; Queensland [1880, 3579]; South Australia [1880, 3579]; Victoria [1880, 3579]; Western Australia [1880, 3579]; Tasmania (I) [3579]
  Europe
Corsica (I) [754]; France (I) [754]; Greece (I) [754]; Italy (I) [754]; Portugal (I) [754]; Sardegna (I) [754]; Sicilia (I) [754]; Spain (I) [754]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Cyprus (I) [1895]; Israel (I) [1862]; Jordan (I) [1862]; Saudi Arabia (I) [1939]; Yemen (I) [3329]
  North America
United States (I) [1360, 3344]; California [3344]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2944]
  South America
Argentina (I) [1114, 2378]; Bolivia (I) [3344]; Chile (I) [3344]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [754];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [19, 1360, 1862, 1921, 1924, 2010, 3367, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1862, 1921, 1924, 2010, 3579]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS e

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3653]; Domestic [3579]; Environmental [754, 1360, 2944, 3653]; Forage [3579]; Weed [3579]; Wood [3579]

  
NOTES:
  Ornamental [1862]
  TROPICOS specimen, Bolivia - 00084396 [3344]
  TROPICOS specimen, Chile - 00072336 [3344]
  Native to SW Western Australia; naturalised in South Australia, Queensland, [3579]
  New South Wales, Victoria & Tasmania. [3579]
  Widely cultivated. [3579]
  In South Africa it is a major environmental weed. [3579]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

19.

  Ross, J.H., 1975
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

28.

  White, F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

754.

  Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
    Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1114.

  Boeclke, O., 1946
    Darwiniana 7(2):240-321 Est. Morfologico Semillas Mim. y Cae

1360.

  Isely, D., 1973
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.25(1):1-152 Legum. of the U.S.: I.

1862.

  Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
    Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1895.

  Meikle, R.D., 1977
    Flora of Cyprus, Vol.1. The Bentham-Moxon Trust, R.B.G.Kew

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1917.

  Harden, G.J.(Ed.), 1991
    Flora of New South Wales,Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales

1921.

  Jessop, J. & Toelken, H.R.(Eds.), 1986
    Flora of South Australia, Part 2.

1924.

  Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L., 1980
    Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, Vols.1-5. (1980-1990)

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

2010.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan,No.36.Mimosaceae.Karachi:Univ.of Karachi

2378.

  Cialdella, A.M., 1984
    Darwiniana 25(1-4):59-111 El genero Acacia en la Argentina

2944.

  Sheppard, J., 1985
    New Zealand Acacia/Albizia survey.Publ.No.9 Soil Cons.Centre

3329.

  RBG Kew Herbarium, 2003
    Specimen in RBG Kew Herbarium, see notes for species

3344.

  TROPICOS, 2003
    Specimen in TROPICOS, see notes under species

3367.

  Chakrabarty T, Gangopadhyay M, 1996
    The genus Acacia. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 20:599-633

3579.

  Orchard, AE & Wilson, AJG, Eds., 2001
    Flora of Australia, Vol. 11A. Mimosaceae, Acacia part 1

3653.

  Anonymous, 1979
    Tropical Legumes:Resources for the Future. Washington.
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