Acacia falciformis

Acacia falciformis, the broad-leaved hickory or mountain hickory wattle, is an evergreen tree in the Fabaceae endemic to eastern Australia, from southeastern Queensland through New South Wales to eastern Victoria, growing in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland on slopes and ridges. Plants typically reach 5 to 20 metres tall, with a single straight trunk bearing dark grey, longitudinally furrowed bark and an open spreading crown. As in most Australian Acacia species, true leaves are absent on mature plants and the photosynthetic organs are phyllodes — flattened, falcate (sickle-shaped) blades 8 to 20 cm long and 1 to 3 cm wide, leathery, dull green to grey-green, with three to five prominent longitudinal veins and a small gland near the base. Pale yellow to cream globose flowerheads, each 4 to 7 mm across and containing 25 to 60 tiny five-merous flowers, are arranged in axillary racemes 5 to 10 cm long during late spring and summer. Pods are flat, straight to slightly curved, 5 to 12 cm long, brown when mature, containing several dark, longitudinally arranged seeds with a folded aril.