Growing predominantly on limestone soils in scattered populations across Central Australia, this shrubby tree grows up to about 5m high. It is closely allied to Acacia latzii [#19] and Georgina Gidgee [# 21]
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Traditional Uses:
The timber is used to make artefacts and for firewood, while the ash from burnt leaves is mixed with pituri (Nicotiana species) for chewing.
A 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, specialising in plants native to the arid central Australian region.
The Garden has over 600 central Australian plant species, including 145 occurring naturally and 40 rare or threatened.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden acknowledges the Arrernte people as traditional owners of the land we work and grow on.
