- Acacia victoriae
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Acacia victoriae Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: A. victoriae Binomial name Acacia victoriae
Benth.Synonyms Acacia victoriae commonly known as Gundabluie or Bardi bush is a shrub or tree native to Australia.[1] It grows 2–5 m, sometimes 9 m tall. It has spines 2–12 mm in length.[2]
Subspecies: A. victoriae subsp. arida Pedley[1]
Uses
A. victoriae is the primary species used to produce "wattle seed" in popular bushfood cuisine. It is typically roasted, and has a hazlenut-coffee like flavor, being used as a spice or as a coffee-like beverage.
The leaves can also be used as a life-saving forage for livestock during times of drought.[2]
The cytotoxic triterpenoid saponins Avicin D and Avicin G have been isolated from Acacia victoriae seed pods and have been studied as possible anticancer agents.[3]
Alkaloids incl. 5methoxy-dimethyltryptamine present in bark/leaves.[4]
References
- ^ a b c ILDIS LegumeWeb
- ^ a b Flora of Australia Online
- ^ Jayatilake, G. S., et al. (2003). "Isolation and Structures of Avicins D and G: In Vitro Tumor-Inhibitory Saponins Derived from Acacia victoriae". J. Nat. Prod. 66 (6): 779–783. doi:10.1021/np020400v. PMID 12828461.
- ^ Poland National Herbarium http://herbarium.0-700.pl/Akacje.html
Categories:- Acacia
- Trees of Australia
- Forages
- Shrubs
- Fabales of Australia
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of South Australia
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Rosids of Western Australia
- Bushfood
- Acacia stubs
- Fabaceae tree stubs
- Western Australian plant stubs
- Australian rosid stubs
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