Acacia boliviana Rusby, Fabaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Primarily a threat 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 (2008) 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).

Information about Acacia boliviana as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

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

References:

Australian Biological Resources Study. 2008. 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.