- Acacia obtusifolia
Taxobox
name = "Acacia obtusifolia"
regnum =Plantae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Mimosoideae
genus = "Acacia "
species = "A. obtusifolia"
binomial = "Acacia obtusifolia"
binomial_authority =A. Cunn.
range_
range_map_width = 240px
range_map_caption = Range of "Acacia obtusifolia"
synonyms =
*"Acacia intertexta" DC.
*"Acacia longifolia" (Andrews )Willd. var. "obtusifolia" (A.Cunn.)Seeman
*"Racosperma obtusifolium" (A. Cunn.)Pedley [ [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~16252&genus~Acacia&species~obtusifolia ILDIS LegumeWeb] ]Description
"Acacia obtusifolia" is an upright or spreading perennial
tree which grows from 1.5m to 8m in height and it is native toAustralia . It is closely related to "Acacia longifolia ". "Acacia obtusifolia" can be distinguished by it havingphyllode margins which areresin ous, it usually blooms later in the year and it has paler flowers than "Acacia longifolia." [ [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~obtusifolia PlantNET Flora Online] ] It flowers usually from December through February. Obtusifolia can survive winters to -6C and possibly a light snow.Alkaloids
Net lore indicates a 0.45% average
dimethyltryptamine in the bark and 0.3% in the dried young leaves. Similarly, Mulga states figures ranging from 0.4% to 0.5% in the dried bark, noting there to be some variability. [ [http://mulga.yage.net/acacia/ Acacia and Entheogenic Tryptamines] ]References
External links
* [http://mulga.yage.net/acacia/ Acacia and Entheogenic Tryptamines]
* [http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/ayahuasca_apa/aya_sec3_part2_admixture_acacia.shtml Acacia (Ayahuasca: alkaloids, plants & analogs)]
* [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&gbv=1&q=%22Acacia+obtusifolia%22&btnG=Search+Images "Acacia obusifolia" Photos (Google Images)]
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