Taiwan Acacia
Acacia confusa Merr.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Also called Acacia Petit Feuille, Small Philippine Acacia, Formosa koa, Formosan Koa, Small Philippine acacia
Formerly Racosperma confusum
When it flowers
Flowers March to June in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Taiwan, W. Malesia to PhilippinesKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 15 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Artillery plantFlowers July to February, when this does not
Banana passionfruitFlowers July to February, when this does not
Bengal clock vineFlowers July to February, when this does not
Bitter MelonFlowers July to February, when this does not
Bleeding heart vineFlowers July to February, when this does not
Blue Trumpet VineFlowers July to February, when this does not
In other languages (7)
- Chinese
- 台灣相思, 相思樹, 台湾相思
- Japanese
- ソウシジュ
- Chinese (China)
- 台湾相思, 相思树
- root
- suziziu, ianangi
- Russian
- Акация смешанная
- Hawaiian
- formosan koa
- Simplified Chinese
- 台湾柳, 台湾相思, 相思仔
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Acacia confusa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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