Fabaceae
Green wattle
Acacia decurrens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- لحاء الأكاسيا
- Chinese
- 澳洲细叶金合欢, 线叶相思树, 线叶金合欢, 绿荆, 绿荆树
- English
- Green wattle, Black wattle, Boo'kerrikin, Early black wattle, Early green wattle
- Indonesian
- Akasia
- Malagasy
- Akasia, Halamborona, Mimozà
- Portuguese
- Acácia negra
- Spanish
- Tusca, Vachellia lutea
Synonyms
- Acacia adenophora Spreng.
- Acacia angulata Desv.
- Acacia decurrens f. normalis Benth.
- Acacia decurrens var. angulata (Desv.) Benth.
- Acacia decurrens var. normalis (Benth.) Maiden
- Acacia mollissima var. angulata (Desv.) Walp.
- Mimosa angulata (Desv.) Poir.
- Mimosa decurrens Wendl.
- Mimosa decurrens Bojer
- Mimosa decurrens J.C.Wendl.
- Mimosa mollissima Willd.
- Mimosa pulchra Dum.Cours.
- Racosperma decurrens (J.C.Wendl.) Pedley
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcarlson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.