Synonyms:

• (≡) Acacia decurrens var. dealbata (Link) F. Muell.
• (≡) Racosperma dealbatum (Link) Pedley

Common names:

• mimosa  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• silver wattle  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• silwerwattel  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - Afrikaans
• acacia blanc  (Source: Mansf Ency) - French
• Mimose  (Source: HerbSpices) - German
• Silberakazie  (Source: Mansf Ency) - German
• weißliche Akazie  (Source: Mansf Ency) - German
• acacia bianca  (Source: Mansf Ency) - Italian
• silverakacia  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Bee plants: honey production (fide Aust TreesSh)
• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support (fide Aust TreesSh)
• Environmental: erosion control (fide Aust TreesSh)
• Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Aust TreesSh)
• Environmental: shade/shelter (fide Mansf Ency)
• Fuels: fuelwood (fide Mansf Ency)
• Materials: essential oils (fide HerbSpices; Flower Oils, as A. decurrens var. dealbata)
• Materials: gum/resin (fide Mansf Ency)
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff (fide F ChinaEng)
• Weed: (in S. Africa & India fide Aust TreesSh; Weeds SAfr 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [Austr. Capital Terr., New South Wales (e. & s.), Tasmania, Victoria]


Cultivated

Africa

• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Asia-Temperate

• EASTERN ASIA: Japan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia
• CHINA: China

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Australasia

• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy, Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal

Northern America

• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
3. Doran, J. C. & J. W. Turnbull, eds. Australian trees and shrubs: species for land rehabilitation and farm planting in the tropics. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. 1997 (Aust TreesSh)
4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
5. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001 (Weeds SAfr 2001)
6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
7. International Legume Database & Information Service International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource). (ILDIS)
8. Isely, D. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). 1998 (Leg US)
9. Maslin, B. R. & L. Pedley 1982. The distribution of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Australia. Part 1. Species distribution maps Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 6:35.
10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=819. Accessed 7 junio 2026.