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Acacia estrophiolata

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that appear in clusters. As trees mature the branches become pendulous and the light green, spiky phyllodes increase in length but are no longer clustered. It has a heavy bloom of spherical pale yellow flowers after winter rains.
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The gum is snapped off the branches, either clear or red. It is then ground and mixed with a little water, then left to set again to a chewable gum, and eaten with a small stick.
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grows mostly on sandy alluvial flats in sandy well drained soils, found as scattered trees among tall open shrubland and open woodland communities.
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of up to about 0.45 m. It has a spreading crown that becomes weeping as the tree matures. Young plants have rigid branches and short straight
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It is a graceful, pendulous shade tree, which grows from about 4 to 16 metres (13 to 52 ft) tall and has a trunk with a
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It is usually found in areas with about 220–350 mm/year of average rainfall.
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The tree has a slow growth rate and is both drought and frost tolerant.
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The wood is very hard and it is good for making posts for
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The species was first formally described by botanist
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Mimosoid clade
Acacia
Binomial name
F.Muell.

AVH
Central Australia
diameter
phyllodes
Ferdinand von Mueller
Leslie Pedley
Acacia excelsa
Acacia dolichophylla
Finke River
South Australia
Northern Territory
Pilbara
Goldfields
Western Australia

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