Acacia cincinnata
Acacia cincinnata, commonly known as Daintree wattle or circle fruit salwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a large shrub or tree with furrowed flaky bark, hairy branchlets, very narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of creamy yellow flowers and tightly, spirally coiled, leathery pods.
Description
Acacia cincinnata is a large shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of and has been recorded with a dbh of. It has furrowed, flaky dark grey to black bark. The branchlets are stout, angular, pale brownish grey and covered with soft hairs. The phyllodes very narrowly elliptic, long and wide, leathery and tapered at both ends with 3 main veins and a gland from the base of the phyllode. The flowers are borne in spikes long and are creamy yellow. Flowering occurs from May to June and the pods are elliptic to oblong, tightly spirally coiled, mostly wide, glabrous, leathery and covered with a white, powdery bloom. The seeds are black and long.
Taxonomy
Acacia cincinnata was first formally described in 1878 by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by John Dallachy. The specific epithet means 'possessing curled hair'.
Distribution and habitat
This species of wattle is endemic to Queensland where it is found near the margins of rainforest in damper parts of the Atherton Tableland, the adjacent coast, the Eungella Range and the high rainfall areas between Maryborough and Brisbane, often in sandy soils over granite.