Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Acacia cambagei, commonly known as Gidgee , Stinking wattle or Stinking gidgee is an tree of . It is found primarily in semi-arid and arid but extends into the , and north-western . It can reach up to 12 meters in height and can form extensive open woodland communities. The leaves, bark and litter of A. cambagei produce a characteristic odour, vaguely reminiscent of boiled cabbage, that accounts for the common name of "stinking gidgee". Confined to regions between 550mm and 200mm annual rainfall, A. cambagei is found primarily on flat and gently undulating terrain on heavy and relatively fertile clay and clay-loam soils in the eastern part of it range, and often forms mixed communities with which favours the same soil types. In drier regions gigee is found primarily on red earths and loams in wetter depression and low relief areas. Gidgee communities arefloristically similar to communities. cambageana, , Corymbia terminalis, and parviflora are typical woody species associated with gidgee communities..