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Acacia peuce F. Muell. |
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Leguminosae Waddy wood. Small tree with scaly bark, very hard, dark wood and long pendulous leaves with very fine longitudinal ribs resembling those of beefwood (Grevillea striata).Pods large, broad and flat, bluish-grey in colour. Found in only three or four patches in the arid interior, two of them being known in Queensland. It occurs in a region where almost no other trees of suitable size are available and for that reason it has been widely used for fence posts and yard construction. Leaves are eaten by cattle (Everist, 1969).
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