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Australian medicinal plants. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 77, p. 153.
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Australia. The Rangeland Journal, 17(2), pp. 213-227.
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419:A. ligulata
400:A. salicina
396:A. bivenosa
392:A. ligulata
346:Description
330:) name for
273:dune wattle
153:Subfamily:
101:Angiosperms
50:A. ligulata
1491:Categories
1404:Plant List
828:"Watarrka"
702:References
614:Tibooburra
544:wattlebird
514:Herbivores
477:indicative
408:Mimosaceae
320:Aboriginal
299:The genus
1409:ild-47889
1344:146625868
540:diaspores
510:Kangaroos
374:peduncles
359:phyllodes
338:, in the
188:Species:
71:Kingdom:
1456:VicFlora
1448:13024168
1443:Tropicos
1365:NSWFlora
1318:10660776
1305:470760-1
1209:eFloraSA
1140:Wikidata
1046:Archived
863:10 April
838:10 April
809:10 April
692:List of
686:See also
481:bioassay
451:bluebush
387:Taxonomy
328:Arrernte
309:ligulata
285:watarrka
147:Fabaceae
143:Family:
114:Eudicots
52:flowers
1378:NTFlora
1266:2981177
1196:Ecocrop
1146:Q978642
923:Acacias
696:species
589:Gallery
506:rabbits
461:Ecology
381:legumes
370:racemes
324:Luritja
316:Luritja
289:watarka
219:A.Cunn.
176:Genus:
137:Fabales
133:Order:
75:Plantae
1532:Acacia
1417:PLANTS
1396:633803
1357:138025
1331:507469
1292:243733
1227:655496
1082:Acacia
694:Acacia
583:pituri
546:, and
502:cattle
455:mallee
423:Acacia
305:akakia
301:Acacia
283:, and
269:marpoo
256:Acacia
223:Benth.
181:Acacia
127:Rosids
1422:ACLI8
1313:IRMNG
1248:FoAO2
1240:ACALG
1175:65732
620:(NSW)
612:near
606:habit
531:seeds
447:mulga
363:mucro
281:wirra
164:Clade
121:Clade
108:Clade
95:Clade
82:Clade
1430:POWO
1383:3480
1352:NCBI
1339:IUCN
1326:ITIS
1300:IPNI
1274:GRIN
1261:GBIF
1235:EPPO
1201:2647
1188:8PK8
1170:APNI
901:150.
865:2023
840:2023
811:2023
558:Uses
548:ants
449:and
357:The
326:and
291:).
1469:WFO
1279:907
1222:EoL
1183:CoL
483:at
241:AVH
221:ex
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