Taxon: Acacia dealbata Link

Common names:

• mimosa   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• silver wattle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• silwerwattel   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• acacia blanc   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  
• Mimose   (Source: HerbSpices ) – German
  
• Silberakazie   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – German
  
• weißliche Akazie   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – German
  
• acacia bianca   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Italian
  
• silverakacia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Bee plants: honey production   (fide Aust TreesSh)
  
• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support   (fide Aust TreesSh)
  
• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Aust TreesSh)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Aust TreesSh)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Fuels: fuelwood   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide HerbSpices; Flower Oils, as A. decurrens var. dealbata)
  
• Materials: gum/resin   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Weed   (in S. Africa & India fide Aust TreesSh; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Austr. Capital Terr., New South Wales [e. & s.], Tasmania, Victoria

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia
  East Tropical Africa: Tanzania; Uganda
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa; Swaziland
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar; Mauritius; Reunion
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia
  China: China
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Nepal; Sri Lanka
• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Italy
  Southwestern Europe: France

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Burbidge, N. T. & M. Gray. 1970. Flora of the Australian Capital Territory.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Doran, J. C. & J. W. Turnbull, eds. 1997. Australian trees and shrubs: species for land rehabilitation and farm planting in the tropics. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
• Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist.
• Maslin, B. R. & L. Pedley. 1982. The distribution of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Australia. Part 1. Species distribution maps. Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 6:35.
• Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. [= A. decurrens var. dealbata].
• Pedley, L. 1987. Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in New Zealand: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2:358. [= Racosperma dealbatum (Link) Pedley].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rico-Arce, Maria de Lourdes. 2007. American species of Acacia.
• Simmons, M. 1988. Acacias of Australia. 2:302.
• Timberlake, J. et al. 1999. Field guide to the acacias of Zimbabwe.
• Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Acacia dealbata.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Acacia dealbata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Acacia decurrens var. dealbata (Link) F. Muell.
  
• (≡) Racosperma dealbatum (Link) Pedley
  

Check other web resources for Acacia dealbata Link:

• 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 del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• 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
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Acacia dealbata cultivars
• 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

More:

• 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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