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Acacia cultriformis (knife acacia; Knife-leaved Wattle; Knife-leaf Wattle; Half-moon Wattle; Golden Glow Wattle; Dog-tooth Wattle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Acacia cultriformis, known as the knife-leaf wattle, dogtooth wattle, half-moon wattle or golden-glow wattle, is a perennial tree or shrub of the genus Acacia native to Australia. It is widely cultivated, and has been found to have naturalised in Asia, Africa, North America, New Zealand and South America. A. cultriformis grows to a height of about 4 m (13 ft) and has triangle-shaped phyllodes. The yellow flowers appear from August to November in its natural range. Its attractive foliage and bright flowers make it a popular garden plant.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers; A green dye is obtained from the seed pods; Plants are heavily armed with thorns and make a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas;
Height [2]  13.12 feet (4 m)
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Predators

Coccus longulus (long brown scale)[3]
Cryptoparlatoreopsis longispina[4]
Lepidosaphes granati (hawthorn oystershell scale)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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