Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Acacia tetragonophylla, commonly known as curara, kurara or dead finish, is a in the . Endemic to , it occurs on floodplains and along watercourses in arid and semi-arid areas throughout , , southern , and east to near , and , . Curara grows as a tall or small tree up to four metres high. Like most species, it has rather than true leaves. These are slender and needle-like, up to three centimetres long. When young they are soft and pliable, but as they mature they become hard, rigid and very sharp. The flowers are yellow, and held in spherical clusters. The pods are papery, up to eight centimetres long and about five millimetres wide.