Acacia koa A.Gray

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily. Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (1): 1-152.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Acacia koa A.Gray

  • Description

    Species Description - Tree, often with bipinnate reversion foliage; young parts with tawny pubescence. Leaves simple, elongate-falcate, to 2 dm, multinerved; gland at apex of short (1-4 mm) pseudopetiole. Flowers in heads 7-12 mm diam, axillary-fascicled to shortly racemose. Legume oblong, compressed, to 15 cm long and 2 cm broad. Seeds transverse.

  • Discussion

    Jones (1933), Bailey & Bailey (1941), Hortus III. See Scowcroft (1971): “Koa-monarch of Hawaiian forests.”

  • Distribution

    Native of Hawaii.

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