Taxon: Acacia confusa Merr.

Common names:

• Formosan koa   (Source: Pl Invasion ) – English
  
• tai wan xiang si   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• ayangili   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 11:264.) – Philippine
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Pl Res SEAs 11:264. 1997)
  
• Environmental: soil improver   (fide Pl Res SEAs 11:264. 1997)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide Pl Res SEAs 11:264. 1997)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Weed   (fide Pl Invasion)
  

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View toxicology references for Acacia confusa from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Philippines [n.]

• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Hispaniola

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 11:264.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan.
• Nielsen, I. 1985. The Malesian species of Acacia and Albizia (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Opera Bot. 81:7. [mentions].
• Pedley, L. 1986. Derivation and dispersal of Acacia (Leguminosae), with particular reference to Australia, and the recognition of Senegalia and Racosperma. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92:248. [= Racosperma confusum (Merr.) Pedley].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Acacia confusa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Acacia confusa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Acacia confusa.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Racosperma confusum (Merr.) Pedley
  

Check other web resources for Acacia confusa Merr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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