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(First sign of wattle in Broome - 3rd April 2008) |
Broome Pindan Wattle
Acacia Eriopoda.
Acacia from acis, pointed istrument, Erio, wool, podus, foot. [Refering to wooly flower stalks.
Common name: Broome Pindan Wattle.
Aboriginal name: Yirragula.
Very common tree in this area.
Uses: wood for making spears.
(the galls on this tree were present in August - page 130 - 'Broome and Beyond'
Ash used with chewing tobacco.
Edible gum.
~ Gum and grubs are edible.
~ Wood is used to make spears. The Yawuru people [Julbayi country]
used to get it from the Jukun [Minyjirr] people
More prevalent in disturbed areas near roads.
Tall resinous shrub to 5m with straight, erect trunks; bark grey, finely fissured at the base of the trunk, branches angular, glabrous, phyllodes
alernate, erect linear, glabrous not rigid, ascending, pale green finely
multi-striate with central nerve more evident, not reticulate, variable in width; inflorescence of 1-4 cylindrical heads per axil, yellow, pods light brown linear-terete and raised over and distinctly constricted between seeds, cartilaginous, longitudinally wrinkled; seeds brownish black, longitudinal in pod, ellipsoid; arils whitish, tinted green.
In red sand in tall, dense mixed shrub of Acacia, Eucalyptus and Pouteria sericea at Colomb Point. The dominant species of the pindan on the southern Peninsula.
Bardi name = irroogool. Yawuru name = yirragulu. Stems used for making spears.
The gum is rich in protein [42%] and has an unusually high arabinose content of potential value in the food
Flowering April - July, fruiting September, October.
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