Acacia kempeana

Taxobox
name = Wanderrie wattle
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
genus = "Acacia"
species = "A. kempeana"
binomial = "Acacia kempeana"
binomial_authority = F.Muell.
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range_map_caption = Range of "Acacia kempeana"

"Acacia kempeana", commonly known as wanderrie wattle, witchetty bush or granite wattle, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Australia, it is widely distributed through arid and semi-arid inland areas of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Description

Wanderrie wattle grows as a spreading shrub with many stems, to a height of about four metres. Like most "Acacia" species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are a bright green colour, flat, up to nine centimetres long and 1½ centimetres wide. The flowers are yellow, and held in cylindrical clusters between one and two centimetres long. The pods are papery, about seven centimetres long and 1½ centimetres wide.

Uses

The common name "witchetty bush" refers to the fact that Australian Aborigines obtained witchetty grubs from the roots. The bush also provided edible gum and seeds.

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