Australian Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
Also known as Black wattle, Blackwood Acacia
About Australian Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon, commonly known as the Australian blackwood, is an Acacia species native to south-eastern Australia and an invasive species in other regions of the globe. The species is also known as blackwood, hickory, mudgerabah, Tasmanian blackwood, or blackwood acacia. The tree belongs to the Plurinerves section of Acacia and is one of the most wide-ranging tree species in eastern Australia and is quite variable mostly in the size and shape of the phyllodes.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia melanoxylon
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- MIMOSACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Native to
- Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-November
Local Names
- Tamil
- சீமைவேல்
- Kannada
- ಜಾಲಿ jaali
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Australian Blackwood belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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