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Posted by nell28 Malaysia (My Page) on

Mon, Feb 1, 10 at 23:56

hey there. was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to help me identify this plant. it's rather peculiar because the little leaves are growing out of the tip of the main leaves. noticed it growing in my home garden in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. any form of help would be much appreciated. Thanks! :]

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Posted by deejaus Melb.Aust. (My Page) on
Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 2:31

It could be an Acacia of some sort. The top leaves are juvenile leaves. The other leaves are mature leaves which is what the plant will have from now on.

Dee.

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Posted by sirsedum (My Page) on
Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 15:49

is it woody or herbaceous, maybe a vetch if its grassy or a Mimosa if it seems woody. the leaves just look like mutations to me. they will prob grow normally after those are gone... or not.

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Posted by saltcedar Sunset 30/zone 9a (My Page) on
Wed, Feb 3, 10 at 8:34

deejausn is correct, Acacia sp. of which there are hundreds.
The transformation from juvenile foliage to adult phyllodes is most
common in the Australian species I believe.

Here is a link that might be useful: phyllodes

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Posted by bahia SF Bay Area (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 1, 10 at 1:06

Do you know if there are any Acacia melanoxylon in your neighborhood? I seem to remember that this Acacia species was occasionally planted as a street tree in Kuala Lumpur, and naturalizes here in California very readily. I am not sure there are all that many other Acacia species that will take tropical conditions of KL, but A. melanoxylon is definitely one possibility.

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Posted by alisonoz SEQLD Aust (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 4, 10 at 2:00

Yes definitely an Acacia

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