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Roasted and ground seeds of the elegant wattle, Acacia victoriae Steamed apple charlotte with wattleseed ice cream and a crème anglaise Wattleseeds are the edible seeds from any of 120 species of Australian Acacia that were traditionally used as food by Aboriginal Australians, [1] and eaten either green (and cooked) or dried (and milled to a flour) to make a type of bush bread.
Acacia melleodora flowers Acacia melleodora foliage and flowers. Acacia melleodora, commonly known as scented wax wattle, [1] waxy wattle, [2] honey wattle [3] or honey scented wattle, [4] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to arid parts of central Australia.
Acacia spinescens, commonly known as spiny wattle, [1] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Alatae. It is native to New South Wales , South Australia and Victoria . [ 2 ]
Following flowering brown seed pods form that have a narrowly oblong shape with a length of up to 7 cm (2.8 in) and a width of around 10 mm (0.4 in) and contain hard, black ovoid seeds with a length of 6 mm (0.24 in) and a width of 4 mm (0.16 in).
Acacia tenuissima flower Acacia tenuissima foliage Acacia tenuissima in shrubland. Acacia tenuissima, commonly known as narrow-leaved wattle, [1] broom wattle, [1] minyana, [2] slender mulga [3] or slender wattle, [4] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae endemic to temperate and tropical areas [2] of Australia.
Acacia cana is one of Australia's native wattles. It grows to about 6 metres in height and is a dense shrub-tree that is often described as gnarled and deformed in shape. [2] [5] It is a native species that is a perennial that produces 15–35 flowers that are coloured bright yellow to golden, these flowers start to occur in August right through to October.
The woody, wrinkled seed pods form after flowering have a moniliform shape, resembling a string of beads, with a length of up to 15 cm (5.9 in) and a width of 3 to 6 mm (0.12 to 0.24 in). The dull dark brown to black oblong-elliptic shaped seeds have a length of 6 to 9 mm (0.24 to 0.35 in).
Acacia microbotrya, commonly known as manna wattle or gum wattle, [1] is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the tree as Badjong , Galyang , Koonert or Menna .