Fabaceae
Sweet acacia
Acacia suaveolens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 香甜相思樹, 香味相思树
- English
- Sweet acacia, Sweet wattle
Synonyms
- Acacia angustifolia (Desv.) H.L.Wendl.
- Acacia odorata Desv.
- Acacia odorata var. angustifolia Desv.
- Acacia suaveolens subsp. grampianensis D.A.Morrison & A.J.Rupp
- Acacia suaveolens subsp. montana D.A.Morrison & A.J.Rupp
- Acacia suaveolens subsp. myallensis D.A.Morrison & A.J.Rupp
- Acacia suaveolens subsp. prostrata D.A.Morrison & A.J.Rupp
- Acacia suaveolens var. platycarpa DC.
- Hecatandra suaveolens Raf.
- Mimosa ambigua Salisb.
- Mimosa angustifolia Jacq.
- Mimosa obliqua Lam.
- Mimosa suaveolens Sm.
- Phyllodoce angustifolia (Desv.) Link
- Phyllodoce suaveolens (Sm.) Link
- Racosperma suaveolens (Sm.) C.Mart.
- Racosperma suaveolens (Sm.) Pedley
Flowers
- In flower
- April to August (from 1,192 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ronavery, CC BY 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.