Acacia spania
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| Western rosewood | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. spania |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia spania | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia spania, also known as western rosewood,[1] is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to north eastern Australia.
The single stemmed tree that can grow to a height of around 15 metres (49 ft) and has iron type style bark. The glabrous and angular branchlets have a light brown colour and are usually scurfy. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The glabrous and evergreen phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic to elliptic shape and are flat and straight to slightly curved. The phyllodes have a length of 2 to 4.5 cm (0.79 to 1.77 in) and a width of 6 to 18 mm (0.24 to 0.71 in). The grey green to blue-green are quite stiff phyllodes and have three to five main longitudinal nerves.[2] It blooms between August and September[1] producing cylindrical flower-spikes that are 2 to 5 cm (0.79 to 1.97 in) in length[2] containing bright yellow to lemon yellow coloured flowers.[1]