Acacia boliviana Rusby, Fabaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Common name(s): [more details]

English: Bolivian wattle

Habit:  shrub

Description:  "Unarmed shrub with stout somewhat flexous striately angled branches; stipules 3-5 mm long, linear-subulate, subpersisting; petioles eglandular; pinnae 10-20 pairs with many oblong-linear leaflets, these 3-4 mm long, less than 1 mm broad, obliquely truncate at base, acutish, glabrous except for the softly ciliate margins, paler beneath, veinless except for the midnerve that is little eccentric; peduncles mostly in axillary racemes, like the leaf-rachi lightly villous, the trichomes incurved or ascending; flower-heads with the stamens 6-10 mm thick, the flowers glabrous, distinctly but shortly pedicellate; calyx less than 1 mm long, the corolla 2.5 mm long; pods 4-6 cm long, 1 cm broad or slightly broader, the stipe about 7 mm long, and abruptly pointed, the point 3-4 mm long" (Macbride, 1943; (3/1):76-77).

Habitat/ecology:  "The plant is suited to coastal, tropical and sub-tropical regions and may have weed potential on non-grazing land" (Csurhes & Edwards, 1998; p. 91).

Propagation:  "Like most Acacias, A. boliviana probably produces hard, long-lived seed that may be dispersed by animals" (Csurhes & Edwards, 1998; p. 91).

Native range:  South America (Peru, Bolivia) (Macbride, 1943; (3/1):76-77).

Presence:

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	introduced cultivated	Csurhes, S./Edwards, R. (1998) (p. 91)
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland		Batianoff, G. N./Butler, D. W. (2002)
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	introduced invasive	Australian Biological Resources Study (2007) Vouchers cited: L. Pedley 4955 (BRI, MEL, NSW), D.H.C. Seton s.n. (BRI), I.B. Staples 2185 (BRI)
Perú Perú	Perú (Republic of)	native	Macbride, J. Francis (1936) (pp. 76-77)

Additional information:  Additional online information about Acacia boliviana is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Acacia boliviana may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Australian Biological Resources Study. 2007. Flora of Australia Online. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Batianoff, G. N./Butler, D. W. 2002. Assessment of invasive naturalised plants of southeast Queensland. Plant Protection Quarterly 17(1).

Csurhes, S./Edwards, R. 1998. Potential environmental weeds in Australia: Candidate species for preventative control. Canberra, Australia. Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia. 208 pp.

Macbride, J. Francis. 1936. Flora of Peru. Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series, Vol. XIII. 1936-1971, 6 parts.

Walker, E. H. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. 1159 pp.