Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa
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General Plant Info
Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa, also called "Spiral Fruited Wattle", was declared as Rare Flora in November 1997 under the Western Australian Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 and was ranked as Critically Endangered (CR) in November 1998 under World Conservation Union (IUCN 1994) Red List criterion B1+2c.
Geographic distribution
Restricted to near Watheroo with an early collection W of Moora, W.A.
There are only 135 mature plants known in three wild populations (one extinct, one in decline and one moderately healthy) on highly disturbed road reserves and private property. All populations are affected by fragmentation and continuing degradation of habitat. A further 535 plants are known from two translocated populations in a Nature Reserve.
Identification
Phyllodes (3- ) 4–7.5 cm long, 4–6 mm wide, with acute apex, glabrous, 5–7-nerved with central nerve equidistant from margins.
Stipules caducous.
Inflorescence flower-heads obloid to short-cylindrical, 7- 10 mm long (dry); bracteoles obovate, 0.7–0.8 mm long, obtuse.
Pods glabrous.
Alkaloid content
Extraction
Other uses
Cultivation
Grows in sand or sandy laterite. Survives in disturbed roadside situations.
Suppliers
Links
http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/cochlocarpa.php
