identifying confusa

[Goosh 13 Explorer]

I live in Hawaii where acacia grows wild all over the place and is considered an invasive species. Different species of wild acacia including confusa. These pics were taken today May 5th, 2020. I believe it could very well be confusa, but I'm not positive from the shape of the leaves, or phylodes. There were, however yellow flowers blooming and the signature seed pods were there. Can somebody positively identify this or should I wait a little longer for it to really bloom? Thank you in advance for welcoming me into the nexus. It's good to be here

 

[Bdevall158]

Not confusa, I forgot the name of that plant but its not an acacia as far as i know, I think its called halekoa?. Acacia gets much bigger and has yellow pom pom like flowers.

I'm in Maui and they are everywhere once you notice them, i have about 20 tress lining the road to my house. One thing i've been told although not confirmed yet is that the ones in the jungle that get more rain have a lower alkaloid percentage, so check on the drier sides of the island.

 

[Goosh 13 Explorer]

Upon further research you are correct. It is not confusa but I am somewhat convinced it is a species of acacia. I just can't pinpoint it. The flowers are just starting to bloom and they are yellow puffs. I took some samples of the trunk bark and some branch bark. Didn't disturb the roots.I should've taken pics of the trunk itself but the outside had the familiar greenish gray and mossy look and the inner bark was a deep purple and maroon. Do you think this would make a good spice dye or not enough percentage and I'm just dreaming of deeming? Any advice is much appreciated

 

[Bdevall158]

ive thought similar as well, but i believe there's only two species of acacia here. acacia confusa and acacia koa (Koa tree). Not much sure on advice, you've just gotta keep your eyes peeled for them. Koa tree is a protected and endangered tree so that ones for sure a no go.

 

[Chimp Z]

Looks like Leucaena Leucocephala, the “lead tree”.
Can be problematic to ingest.
Also a note for future harvests, try and refrain from bark stripping and you don’t know what tree it is yet.
Many trees that contain alkaloids in bark can have them in leaves or phyllodes so please try the foliage first.
Twigs can be used instead of bark off the trunk or roots.
That can kill trees, especially if the root is used.

 

[Goosh 13 Explorer]

These aren't pieces of root. I took strips of trunk bark and mostly branch bark from several different trees. They won't die. I thanked them for their donation and tried an extraction for the helk of it knowing it wasn't confusa. It did have some alkaloids that made me feel funny and good but not enough percentage of the good spice. I know what I'm looking for now and have found it. Made a couple extractions. Some worked, some didn't. I learned STB isn't a great option for acacia. A/B worked well with a yield of about 1.5 to 2.5 percent from 100 g soups. Only I can't figure out how to not end up with the goo. Dont get me wrong, goo is good, it's just hard to handle. I mean, it sticks to EVERYTHING. I've tried defatting, less H2O, more sodium hydroxide, smaller solvent pulls, etc. As far as re-Xing goes, how do I get the goo to go into containers and not stick to everything? Smear it on rolling paper, parchment laper, wax paper and then try extractions from that? Any advice?