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Acacia xiphophylla (Snake-wood)

Synonyms: Acacia clementii (heterotypic); Racosperma xiphophyllum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Acacia xiphophylla, commonly known as snakewood or snake-wood, is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs on saline semi-arid land in the Gascoyne River and Ashburton catchments east and north of Carnarvon. The wood of other trees with wavy grain or wavy coloration has also been called snakewood.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Janka Hardness [3]  4150 lbf (1882 kgf) Very Hard
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Specific Gravity [3]  1.321
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Akainothrips dubitalis[4]
Kladothrips xiphius[4]
Scirtothrips pilbara[4]

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0