| Dicotyledon | Literature for Acacia confusa
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Fabaceae -- The Pea Family | Bibliography |
| Acacia confusa | |
Common name(s): formosa koa |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Taiwan and the Philippine Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Trees up to 15 m tall. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves reduced to phyllodes, these narrowly elliptic, slightly falcate, 6-11 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm wide. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers ca. 2 mm long, in solitary axillary heads ca. 5 mm in diameter (excl. stamens), peduncles ca. 1 cm long; corolla yellow; stamens ca. 3 mm long; ovary glabrous. |
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| Fruit |
Pods oblong in outline, flattened, 5-10 cm long, 0.7-1 cm wide, sutures partly constricted between all or most seeds, especially in younger stages. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds lenticular, ca. 5 mm in diameter. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 26 |
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