Acacia hakeoides

Acacia hakeoides is a bushy shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of and has glabrous branchlets. Its phyllodes are narrowly egg-shaped to lance-shaped, with the narrower end towards the base, mostly long and wide with one or two glands on the edges and a prominent midvein. The flowers are bright golden-yellow and borne in a raceme long at the base of phyllodes, with six to twelve clusters of 20 to 30 flowers, in diameter. Flowering usually occurs from July to November, and the fruit is a straight or twisted pod long and wide. The seeds are dull black, long, with a club-shaped aril. ==Taxonomy==

Acacia hakeoides was first formally describe in 1842 by George Bentham in the London Journal of Botany from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. The specific epithet (hakeiodes) means "Hakea-like". ==Distribution and habitat==

Hakea wattle is widespread and common in open scrub, Eucalyptus woodland or mallee in western New South Wales, ==Uses==

The seed of "Acacia hakeoides" is edible and it has been suggested that this seed is suitable for culinary use as a flavouring agent, as a stable carbohydrate or as a coffee substitute, among others. In light of this fact, the species has been listed by one study as a medium priority species of interest for domestication for seed production purposes. ==References==