| 1. | Its phyllodes provide a good, long-lasting mulch.
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| 2. | Thus, the phyllode comes to serve the functions of the leaf.
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| 3. | Its phyllodes are oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, straight or slightly curved.
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| 4. | The phyllodes are dark green and lustrous and feel oily to touch.
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| 5. | The many phyllodes are spirally arranged or irregularly whorled.
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| 6. | The narrow phyllodes are about 8 cm long.
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| 7. | They construct a shelter of two irregular pieces of dead phyllode joined by silk.
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| 8. | It is dense with foliage; the leaves are actually enlarged petioles known as phyllodes.
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| 9. | The phyllodes range from long and wide.
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| 10. | There may or may not be normal pinnate leaves at the tip of the phyllode.
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