Australian Native Plants

  Acacia microbotrya (Manna Wattle)


Acacia microbotrya photo
Acacia microbotrya foliage

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MANNA WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia microbotrya in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Manna Wattle

Other Names
Gum Wattle

Description
Manna Wattle is as bushy shrub or tree that 2 m to 7 m in height, with a spread of up to 5 m. The grey-green phyllodes are long and narrow growing from 5 cm to 14 cm wide and 5 mm to 20 mm wide. It produces cream to pale yellow flowers from March to August. The flower heads are spherical about 5 mm in diameter, with each flower heads containing 20 to 30 individual flowers. The seed pods are constricted at intervals resembling a string of beads growing 15 cm to 20 cm long and up to 8 mm wide. The seeds are shiny and black with a length of 6 mm to 8 mm.

Habitat
rocky outcrops, near watercourses, around salt lakes, along road verges in clay loam or sandy loam soils

Distribution
Manna Wattle is native to south west of Western Australia.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 7m
Spread: 2m - 5m

Propagation
scarified seed

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:microbotrya
Common Name:Manna Wattle


Relatives in same Genus
  Acacia acanthoclada
  Acacia acinacea
  Acacia acradenia
  Acacia aculeatissima
  Acacia alata
  Acacia amblygona
  Acacia amoena
  Acacia aneura
  Acacia aulacocarpa
  Acacia auriculiformis
  Acacia baileyana
  Acacia beckleri
  Acacia boormanii
  Acacia brachybotrya
  Acacia brachystachya
  Acacia buxifolia
  Acacia caesiella
  Acacia calamifolia
  Acacia cardiophylla
  Acacia chrysocephala
  Acacia cognata
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