red mulga

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


name given to a species ofAcacia, A. cyperophylla, F. v. M., owing to the redcolour of the flakes of bark which peel off the stem. See Mulga.

1896. Baldwin Spencer, `Home Expedition in Central Australia,'Narrative, pt. i. p. 16:

«We crossed a narrow belt of country characterized by thegrowth along the creek sides of red mulga. This is an Acacia( A. cyperophylla) reaching perhaps a height of twentyfeet, the bark of which, alone amongst Acacias, is deciduousand peels off, forming little deep-red coloured flakes.»

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