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Search characteristics

tree
erect
perennial
grown on a large scale


Search Results

85 Plants were found; 5 are listed below

Name Code Operation
Acacia auriculiformis 295 View
Albizia lebbeck 349 View
Anacardium occidentale 401 View
Annona squamosa 414 View
Artocarpus heterophyllus 459 View


Sample Record


Acacia auriculiformis
Authority Cunn. ex Benth.
Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae
Synonyms Racosperma auriculiforme (A. Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley
Common names Papuan wattle, auri, ear leaf acacia, tuhkehn pwelmwahu
(Pohnpei), black wattle, ear pod wattle, wattle, earleaf acacia
Editor
Ecocrop code 295

[Photograph Provided]


Notes

BRIEF DESCRIPTION A low to medium-sized fast growing deciduous or
evergreen tree. The tree can reach a height of 8-30 m and a trunk diameter
of up to 60 cm. It has bright yellow flowers. USES The wood can be used
for firewood, charcoal, and high quality sulphate and neutral sulphite
semichemical pulp. Tanning and dye can be extracted from the bark. The
tree can provide shelter in beach a sea-front plantings, it can be used
for revegetation of mining spoil heaps and wastelands, to stabilise steep
eroded land, for shade and as an ornamental. It is mentioned as a possible
agroforestry species. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. Tolerate a dry season of
120-240 days. Can be grown with a rotation of 10-12 years. COMMON NAMES
Tan wattle, Northern black wattle, Earpod wattle, Darwin black wattle,
Akashmoni, Australia babul, Kasia, Papua wattle, Japanese acacia, Auri,
Kasia. FURTHER INF Scientific synonyms: A. moniliformis, A.
auriculaeformis. Tan wattle is indigenous to northeastern Australia, New
Guinea, and the Kei Islands of Indonesia. It can be found naturally
occuring within the latitudinal range 7-20S, at altitudes between sea
level and 600 m. It occurs naturally in coastal lowlands, in closed
forests along streams, in low open forests and savannas, adjacent to
mangroves, or behind beaches. It can grow on step slopes. Optimum annual
wood production is 10-20 m3/ha. The tree fixes nitrogen and regenerates
rapidly. Branches break easily in storm winds and the tree is not very
fire resistant. In Florida the tree has become a weed.


Sources


SOURCES (A. auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth.)
Webb D 1984 pp 85 [RAIN, TEMP, TEXT, PH, DRA, DEP, LIG, USE]
Sims D (pers. comm.)
National RC 1983 pp 26
National RC 1983c pp 70 [TEMP, RAIN, FER]
National RC 1980 pp 34-35 [FER, DRA, TEMP, RAIN, DEP, TEXT, PH, LIMITS]
National RC 1979 pp 165
INSPIRE species 2 [RAIN, TEMP, TEXT, PH, DRA, LIG, USE]
Turnbull J 1982 pp 42
Pinyopusarerk P 1994 (pers. comm.)
Boland D 1984 pp 156-157 [TEMP, RAIN, TEXT]
Little E 1983 pp 3-5 [TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, TEXT, DEP, PH, USE]
Hensleigh T 1988 pp 1-5 [DEP, TEXT, DRA, PH, FER, TEMP, RAIN, LIG, USE]
Zabala N 1990 pp 96-100 [RAIN, TEXT, DEP, DRA, PH, FER, LIG, USE]
Turnbull J 1986 pp 108-111 [TEMP, RAIN, DRA, SAL, TEXT, FER, USE]



This is a link from the above record.



Acacia auriculiformis
Data Sheet
<http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/dataSheet?id=295>


Another Link: Ecoport: Provides this information and a photograph:

<http://ecoport.org/perl/ecoport15.pl?
searchType=entityDisplay&entityId=295>


A shorter URL for the above link:


<http://tinyurl.com/84wf5w>


Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Project

Acacia auriculiformis
Contributor:Jim Space
QA and TEM Plant ID: 295

Introduction Jim Space 2006-04-09

Authority Cunn. ex Benth.
ID Standing
Family Plantae : Spermatophyta : Angiospermae : Dicotyledonae : Fabales :
Leguminosae : Mimosoideae : Fabaceae (see lineages)
Topic Editors
Data Stewards
Referees
Synonyms Racosperma auriculiforme (A. Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley
Common names auri, black wattle, ear leaf acacia, ear pod wattle, earleaf
acacia, Papuan wattle, tuhkehn pwelmwahu (Pohnpei), wattle (full list)
Codes
Categories Crop plant, Weed plant
Roles Host

Earpod wattle (A. auriculiformis) is a tree native to Northern Australia,
Papua New Guinea, and eastern Indonesia (PIER 2002). A. auriculiformis is
sparingly planted on {{Maui}E}, and possibly other Hawaiian Islands. This
species has been cultivated in various places in the world as a forestry
tree and has escaped from plantings in various places, including Florida
(PIER 2002). With a history of weediness elsewhere and limited
distribution on Maui, this species is a good candidate for eradication and
control. Further island wide surveys are needed to locate any other sites
where A. auriculiformis grows. It is likely planted on other Hawaiian
Islands and surveys there for this species could also be conducted.


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