Plants of
South Australia
Acacia incurvaneura
Fabaceae
Narrow-leaf Mulga
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Distribution by Herbarium region
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta

Botanical art

Kath Alcock painting: 1

Prior names

Racosperma aneurum var. microcarpum

Acacia aneura var. microcarpa

Acacia aneura, partly

Common names

Narrow-leaf Mulga

Etymology

Acacia from the Greek 'akakia' and derived from 'ake' or 'akis 'meaning a sharp point or thorn and 'akazo' meaning to sharpen. Dioscorides, the Greek physician and botanist used the word in the 1st century AD for the Egyptian thorn tree, Acacia Arabica. Incurvaneura from the Latin 'incurvus' meaning incurved, alluding to the shallow incurved phyllodes of this species and 'aneura' from the Greek 'a' meaning not or without and 'neuron' meaning a nerve, referring to the obscure veins on the phyllodes. Formally Acacia aneura var. macrocarpa.

Distribution and status

Find in the north western part of South Australia, growing on plains and in gently undulating country on red-brown sandy loam. Also found in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)