About Acacia loroloba Tindale
Acacia loroloba Tindale is a tree that typically grows to a height of 9 metres (30 ft). Its bark is red or green and smooth when young, turning grey or brown as it ages. The branchlets are dark brown, black to dark blue, glabrous, and are prominently ridged when immature. The tips of new young foliage are pale yellow or golden, and covered in velvety hairs. The dark green, leathery (coriaceous) leaves are borne on a stalk 0.5 to 1.6 cm (0.20 to 0.63 in) long. The leaf rachis measures 3.5 to 8 cm (1.4 to 3.1 in) in length, and holds 10 to 18 pairs of pinnae that are 1 to 3.5 cm (0.39 to 1.38 in) long. Each pinna is made up of 14 to 49 pairs of pinnules, which are narrowly oblong in shape, 1 to 3 mm (0.039 to 0.118 in) long, and 0.5 to 0.8 mm (0.020 to 0.031 in) wide. It mostly blooms between December and March, but will sometimes bloom between July and August, usually after rain. It produces simple inflorescences that are most often found in axillary racemes. The spherical flower-heads contain 19 to 23 pale yellow flowers. After flowering, which occurs from around August to November, leathery brown to black seed pods form. The seed pods have more or less straight sides, and are 6 to 14 cm (2.4 to 5.5 in) long and 6 to 9 mm (0.24 to 0.35 in) wide. This species is endemic to south eastern Queensland, Australia. It is most often found in the north eastern Darling Downs region, ranging from around Haden and Jandowae in the west to Toowoomba in the east, and as far north as Durong. It grows on undulating terrain, alluvial flats and fertile plains, in clay or sandy loam soils, and is usually a component of open forest or woodland plant communities.
