Acacia acuminata

jam tree
Near Yeerakine Rock
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. acuminata
Binomial name
Acacia acuminata
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
  • Acacia acuminata (narrow phyllode variant) Maslin
  • Acacia acuminata Benth. subsp. acuminata
  • Acacia acuminata Benth. var. acuminata
  • Acacia acuminata var. ciliata Meisn.
  • Acacia sp. Narrow phyllode (B.R.Maslin 7831) WA Herbarium
  • Racosperma acuminatum (Benth.) Pedley

Acacia acuminata, commonly known as raspberry jam, jam, jam wattle, jamwood, jam tree, or raspberry wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tree with linear to narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of golden-yellow flowers and papery to leathery pods.