This is an acacia no doubt on the radar of many psychonauts hoping to grow their own source of tryptamines. Its a fast growing, frost and drought tolerant, foliage/floral abundant species; which can contain good levels of tryptamines in its phyllodes.. rendering it an especially appealing candidate to people hoping to grow a sustainable tryptamine source. But, many people report disappointing results with this species and haven’t found it to be a viable source of DMT. Meanwhile, others report very good results with floribunda. So what’s going on here?
Firstly, here’s what we do know about Acacia floribunda:
Now that people abroad are growing the White Sally for this purpose, I think its a good idea to narrow down the factors leading to this variance. I think that like Acacia Maidenii, we are probably looking at an issue of strain/genetics. There appear to many forms of this species .. some appear fruitful while others do not. Anecdotally there are some traits associated with active strains and the same for inactive strains. But there is sometimes crossover - making this species the perfect symbol of that old saying about DMT - it brings more questions than answers
But there are varieties that are known to yield - in fact of the active forms, I have never NOT found DMT in them - consistent with floribunda pioneer, JJ’s findings.
I encourage any members here to collect seed from active forms and to share with others. Share the Seeds, sister site of the nexus, is a good platform to share with any interested nexians. Seed from these active forms is essential for those who wish to propagate floribunda as a tryptamine source. Most vendors tend to stock seeds of the inactive common cultivar. Unless gathered personally from active trees, or obtained from someone who gathered them, it’s a gamble.
The native range of this species is not entirely agreed on. It is certainly widespread from south east QLD all the way down to Victoria - but it has been speculated that the NSW/QLD border ranges population and a more restricted population in Victoria may have been some of the earliest true native populations, before becoming widely naturalized throughout these states - especially post cultivation.
Area to area we see varying taxonomy which I explore below.There is some overlapping of features between forms, but certain aspects of the active form are consistently missing from the inactive type - and vice versa. Hybridization is likely at play here too. It’s been my observation that in many cases the more wild varieties tend to produce alkaloids. Even the non DMT rich wild forms usually have alkaloids which exhibit mild activity. Further down the post I have included a more direct comparison between the active/inactive types.
Variation in foliage, bark and growth habit I’ve separated into 3 corresponding groups that intersect. Number 4 foliage style is associated with bark groups 2 and 3 and growth habits 1 and 2. Number 5 foliage style associated with bark group 1 and growth habit group 3 - which is the commonly cultivated form found in urban areas. I will try to develop a better system here.. if anyone has suggestions I’m open to suggestions on how to organize this info.
Phyllodes:
1. Stiff, glabrous and slightly leathery - usually observed in small bushy prostrate form. Often found in harsher/drier environments.
2. Soft/papery texture with appressed hairs present (also on the stems) - present on the more weeping varieties.
3. Soft/papery texture but glabrous - meaning little to no appressed hairs present - usually the more prostrate form
4. Narrow to broad phyllodes within single specimen.
5. Uniform, same length and width across the specimen. Less prominent primary and secondary longitudinal nerves and often little to no anastomosis.
Bark variation:
1. Smooth, almost shiny silver/grey bark - most common with the commercially planted variety - (coincides with phyllode group 3). I haven’t found floribunda with this kind of bark to be active.
2. Greyish brown bark; smooth but with a slightly rougher sand papery texture. No smooth "shin” present. Rough almost 3D lenticels present.. at varying degrees of abundance.
3. Light brown bark with very long lenticels present.. smooth but less shiny than the first.. present on more wild forms.
Floribunda with this style bark grow more ‘tree” like. once the trunk gets thick enough, it will often lie along the ground.. I associate it with the active varieties (exclusively correlates with no.2 and 3 type phyllodes) however it can be present on forms with no DMT too - usually other alkaloids will still be present and are mildly active.
Flowers:
3-8cm in length.. can range from very loose and long to shorter and “tight”
Colour: Cream/white through to pale yellow.
Growth Habits:
1. Single main trunk sometimes splitting off further up the trunk. Weeping/cascading new foliage with phyllodes alternating down the stem. Loosely packed white/pale inflorescences.
2. Small bush. Erect growth habit with foliage occurring only at the very end of vertically oriented branches. Seems to grow in more rugged areas. I suspect in areas where it gets very cold that foliage growing higher up has advantages. Flowers more tightly packed/shorter.
3. Small tree that splits into multiple trunks immediately at the base. Phyllodes tend not to alternate very far down any single stem. Lots of offshoots on each branch. Inactive.
I’ve edited this post to be up to date with what we know about the active vs inactive form below.
Active form/s:
Inactive form/s:
In this thread I'd like to document the taxanomic variability of Acacia floribunda and it’s connection to presence of alkaloids .. But I would love the help of others.
There’s been a number of positive and negative reports here at the nexus. I myself tested floribunda around 20 times before I found the DMT containing type. It would be awesome if members could jump in and share their experiences. I really love this species. The level of dedication required to finally connect with this species in hyperspace was primarily responsible for initiating my obsession with Acacia.
Acacia floribunda is a vibe - emanating calm, gentle energy and a nurturing intelligence. I’m interested in hearing of other’s relationships with the plant. I hope the information in this thread may lead to others experiencing Acacia floribunda’s graceful wisdom.
Photos of active floribunda below.. all of these have been successfully extracted by myself or other nexians; so they’re a good reference.





Firstly, here’s what we do know about Acacia floribunda:
- Long history of cultivation and widely naturalized outside of it’s native range
- Highly variable in taxonomy - both in the wild and in cultivation
- Belongs to the ‘longifolia clade’ - a group of closely related species that share a common genetic line. Includes species such as Acacia obtusifolia, longissima, maidenii, longifolia, mucronata, oxycedrus, orites, phlebophylla , alpina, dellachiana, and sophorae.
- Appears to be an intermediate species between members of the longifolia clade.. one of it’s early synonyms was actually Acacia intermedia!
- A member of section Juliflorae - cylindrical flowered species of Acacia
- Easy to propagate from seed
- Different forms - some consistently contain DMT, others contain do not.
- Fast growing, frost tolerant, drought tolerant. Adaptive to many kinds of environment
- Contains usually around 0.3-0.4% (sometimes higher) alkaloids in its phyllodes and up to from 0.4-0.8% in the bark.
- Alkaloid profile consists of DMT, NMT, Harman, phenethylamine and other betacarbolines. More analysis needs to be done. Extracts usually a thick oil consistency. Difficult to solidify.
Now that people abroad are growing the White Sally for this purpose, I think its a good idea to narrow down the factors leading to this variance. I think that like Acacia Maidenii, we are probably looking at an issue of strain/genetics. There appear to many forms of this species .. some appear fruitful while others do not. Anecdotally there are some traits associated with active strains and the same for inactive strains. But there is sometimes crossover - making this species the perfect symbol of that old saying about DMT - it brings more questions than answers
But there are varieties that are known to yield - in fact of the active forms, I have never NOT found DMT in them - consistent with floribunda pioneer, JJ’s findings.
I encourage any members here to collect seed from active forms and to share with others. Share the Seeds, sister site of the nexus, is a good platform to share with any interested nexians. Seed from these active forms is essential for those who wish to propagate floribunda as a tryptamine source. Most vendors tend to stock seeds of the inactive common cultivar. Unless gathered personally from active trees, or obtained from someone who gathered them, it’s a gamble.
The native range of this species is not entirely agreed on. It is certainly widespread from south east QLD all the way down to Victoria - but it has been speculated that the NSW/QLD border ranges population and a more restricted population in Victoria may have been some of the earliest true native populations, before becoming widely naturalized throughout these states - especially post cultivation.
Area to area we see varying taxonomy which I explore below.There is some overlapping of features between forms, but certain aspects of the active form are consistently missing from the inactive type - and vice versa. Hybridization is likely at play here too. It’s been my observation that in many cases the more wild varieties tend to produce alkaloids. Even the non DMT rich wild forms usually have alkaloids which exhibit mild activity. Further down the post I have included a more direct comparison between the active/inactive types.
Variation in foliage, bark and growth habit I’ve separated into 3 corresponding groups that intersect. Number 4 foliage style is associated with bark groups 2 and 3 and growth habits 1 and 2. Number 5 foliage style associated with bark group 1 and growth habit group 3 - which is the commonly cultivated form found in urban areas. I will try to develop a better system here.. if anyone has suggestions I’m open to suggestions on how to organize this info.
Phyllodes:
1. Stiff, glabrous and slightly leathery - usually observed in small bushy prostrate form. Often found in harsher/drier environments.
2. Soft/papery texture with appressed hairs present (also on the stems) - present on the more weeping varieties.
3. Soft/papery texture but glabrous - meaning little to no appressed hairs present - usually the more prostrate form
4. Narrow to broad phyllodes within single specimen.
5. Uniform, same length and width across the specimen. Less prominent primary and secondary longitudinal nerves and often little to no anastomosis.
Bark variation:
1. Smooth, almost shiny silver/grey bark - most common with the commercially planted variety - (coincides with phyllode group 3). I haven’t found floribunda with this kind of bark to be active.
2. Greyish brown bark; smooth but with a slightly rougher sand papery texture. No smooth "shin” present. Rough almost 3D lenticels present.. at varying degrees of abundance.
3. Light brown bark with very long lenticels present.. smooth but less shiny than the first.. present on more wild forms.
Floribunda with this style bark grow more ‘tree” like. once the trunk gets thick enough, it will often lie along the ground.. I associate it with the active varieties (exclusively correlates with no.2 and 3 type phyllodes) however it can be present on forms with no DMT too - usually other alkaloids will still be present and are mildly active.
Flowers:
3-8cm in length.. can range from very loose and long to shorter and “tight”
Colour: Cream/white through to pale yellow.
Growth Habits:
1. Single main trunk sometimes splitting off further up the trunk. Weeping/cascading new foliage with phyllodes alternating down the stem. Loosely packed white/pale inflorescences.
2. Small bush. Erect growth habit with foliage occurring only at the very end of vertically oriented branches. Seems to grow in more rugged areas. I suspect in areas where it gets very cold that foliage growing higher up has advantages. Flowers more tightly packed/shorter.
3. Small tree that splits into multiple trunks immediately at the base. Phyllodes tend not to alternate very far down any single stem. Lots of offshoots on each branch. Inactive.
I’ve edited this post to be up to date with what we know about the active vs inactive form below.
Active form/s:
- Variable phyllode length and width in single specimens. Often much broader phyllodes than inactive form. Even on trees with narrower phyllodes, they lack uniformity.
- 3 primary nerves, with the middle nerve slightly more prominent. 6-10 secondary longitudinal nerves with prominent anastomoses - particularly with broader phyllodes
- Tends to grow much taller and less prostrate; single trunk often exceeding 10m In height, with foliage sometimes much higher up. Usually less prostrate than the commonly cultivated form. Most recent test showed that bushy form can be highly active, with all other features consistent with established type characteristics.
- More prominent lenticels on the bark than cultivars
- Bark is less shiny/grey. Tends to be more brown.
- Phyllodes arrange further down the stem and ends of branches often weeping
- More pale flowers
- New growth has soft white stems, and the phyllodes a white outline -this is due to more prominent presence of appressed hairs on edges of phyllodes. Tops as a result have a white coloring to them.
- Older trees can be huge
- Phyllodes broader at ends of branches, often narrower as they progress down stem. This likely contributes to the willowy habit.
Inactive form/s:
- Uniform phyllode length and width. Little to no variation present within a specimen
- Less lenticels present on bark
- 1-3 primary nerves: much less visible (particularly the two slightly lesser primary nerves). 6-10 secondary longitudinal nerves. Anastomoses between longitudinal nerves much less prominent and at times almost absent.. even with broader phyllodes.
- Usually doesn’t exceed 5-6m in height and usually splits into more than one main trunk. Trees don’t get especially big.. they seem to hit a “cap” as far as size. I think they probably don’t live as long
- Foliage does not weep as much; due to the way the phyllodes are arranged on the stem
- Flowers tend to be more yellow
- Slightly different colored foliage. New growth/tops lack the white appearance of the active form
- Bark is often more shiny grey
- Phyllodes usually narrower
In this thread I'd like to document the taxanomic variability of Acacia floribunda and it’s connection to presence of alkaloids .. But I would love the help of others.
There’s been a number of positive and negative reports here at the nexus. I myself tested floribunda around 20 times before I found the DMT containing type. It would be awesome if members could jump in and share their experiences. I really love this species. The level of dedication required to finally connect with this species in hyperspace was primarily responsible for initiating my obsession with Acacia.
Acacia floribunda is a vibe - emanating calm, gentle energy and a nurturing intelligence. I’m interested in hearing of other’s relationships with the plant. I hope the information in this thread may lead to others experiencing Acacia floribunda’s graceful wisdom.
Photos of active floribunda below.. all of these have been successfully extracted by myself or other nexians; so they’re a good reference.





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