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Acacia aneura, commonly known as mulga, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland Australia. It is a variable shrub or small tree with flat, narrowly linear to elliptic phyllodes , cylindrical spikes of bright yellow flowers and more or less flat and straight, leathery pods .
Acacia aneura (mulga or true mulga, a shrub or tree native to Australia) Mulga apple, its edible gall; Any of many similar Acacia species, such as: Acacia brachystachya (umbrella mulga) Acacia citrinoviridis (black mulga) Acacia craspedocarpa (hop mulga) Acacia cyperophylla (red mulga)
The mulga itself is a mid-sized tree that is usually well-established in the open woodland, only occurring as young plants in disturbed areas, and is typically around 8 metres tall. Stands of mulga trees are usually around the same age, eventually dying and replaced in a periodic regeneration cycle.
The mulga apple is in fact a combination of plant and animal; the insect gall grows inside the wood of the mulga tree (Acacia aneura). Without the wasp the gall would not be induced. [1] Mulga apple is known as Merne ataltyakwerle in the Arrernte language of Central Australia. Mulga trees grow in flat country and at the foot of hills.
Mulga (Acacia aneura) tree gum Gum can be found sitting in small blobs in a row on branches. Some bits are clear and some red. They are snapped off with a wooden skewer. Once quite a few are collected, they are given to the children as a treat. Ngkwarle arlperrampwe: Whitewood (Atalaya hemiglauca) tree gum
Mulga trees are a type of acacia which have adapted to efficiently collect the sparse rainfall, are the distinctive habitat of this ecoregion while the ground cover consists of shrubs and grasses. However the mulga lands are not uniform and there are micro-climates and patches of other kinds of habitat, especially areas of eucalyptus woodland ...
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Acacia: acacias and wattles; Acacia albida: winter thorn acacia Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Acacia aneura: mulga acacia Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Acacia angustissima: prairie acacia Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea' purple-leaf acacia Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Acacia choriophylla: cinnecord Fabaceae ...