About Mangium Tree
Acacia mangium is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to northeastern Queensland in Australia, the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, Papua, and the eastern Maluku Islands. Common names include black wattle, hickory wattle, mangium, and forest mangrove. Its uses include environmental management and wood. It was first described in 1806 by Carl Ludwig Willdenow, who described it as living in the Moluccas.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia mangium
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- MIMOSACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown as avenue tree, also raised in plantations
- Native to
- Moluccas Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- கத்தி சவுக்கு, அகாசியா மாஞ்சியம்
- Malayalam
- മാഞ്ചിയം, Acacia mangium, അക്കേഷ്യ മാഞ്ചിയം
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Mangium Tree belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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