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Botany
Small- to medium-sized tree, growing
to 25 m high, crown heavily branched and spreading. Bark is dark brown,
hard with deep vertical furrows, the inner bark is red and fibrous.
The leaves are winged and curved like a sickle, 8-20 cm x 1 to 4 cm,
greyish green and glabrous. Inflorescense is a bright yellow spike,
clustered in groups of 2-6. Pods are woody, oblong-ovoid, flat, 5-8
x 2-3 mm, black and arranged in seprate comparments.
Distribution
Recently introduced and popular used
as an ornamental shade tree.
In landscaping, considered a "growfast" tree.
Uses
Folkloric
No recorded medicinal use
in the Philippines.
The gum, roots, leaves, bark. pods and seeds have been used by aboriginal
Australians in decoction, poultice, tonics or inahalations for a variety
of ailments — diarrhea, dysterery, sore eyes, colds, sore eyes
and skin conditions.
Other uses
Wood dires rapidly and is good for
firewood and charcoal.
The wood was used for manufacturing weapons and tools.
It has edible gum which forms a tofee when soaked in water with honey.
The roots are cooked and eaten.
Studies
• Phenolic Compounds
/ Antioxidants: Bioactive phenolic substances have been
found in the heartwood, sapwood and knots of Acacia crassicarpa.
Availability
Ornamental cultivation.
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