Blackwood

Blackwood Acacia
Scientific Name: Acacia melanoxylon
Synonym:
Family: Fabaceae ...

African Blackwood, African Ebony, African-Ebony, Chinese Blackwood, East African Blackwood, Mozambique Ebony, Mozambique-Ebony, Poyi, Senaar-Ebony, Senegal Ebony, Senegal-Ebony, Sudan Ebony, Sudan-Ebony
Common Names in Portuguese:
Pau-Preto ...

BLACKWOOD ACACIA
Acacia melanoxylon
General Notes
Grows best in light, well-drained, fertile soil. A timber species in Australia. Cal-IPC (California Invasive Plant Council) classifies the invasiveness of this plant as limited.

Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) is a widespread and often common species that is native to large parts of eastern and south-eastern Australia (i.e. Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania and south-eastern South Australia).

Australian Blackwood
Acacia nilotica ssp. tomentosa
Acacia arabica var. tomentosa, Acacia nilotica var. tomentosa ...

Acacia melanoxylon. BLACKWOOD ACACIA. South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, N.S.W.
LEGUMINOSAE (Pea family) ...

Acacia melanoxylon (Blackwood, Family: Mimosoideae / Mimosaceae)
Acacia nematophylla (Acacia, Family: Mimosoideae / Mimosaceae)
Acacia oviedoensis, Vachellia oviedoensis (Acacia, Family: Mimosoideae / Mimosaceae) ...

Australian blackwood; blackwood acacia Acacia melanoxylon
Australian brass buttons Cotula australis
Australian cheesewood Pittosporum undulatum ...

Australian blackwood Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. (Category 2)
Australian cheesewood Pittosporum undulatum Vent. (Category 1)
Australian myrtle Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) (Category 1)
Australian silky oak Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br.

Blackwood (A. melanoxylon) is valued in Australia for its hardwood timber. Other members of the genus are valuable for , for perfume and essential oils, and for tannins; some are used as ornamentals.

The southernmost species in the genus are Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle), Acacia longifolia (Coast Wattle or Sydney Golden pattle), Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle), and Acacia melanoxylon (Blackwood), reaching 43°30' S in Tasmania, Australia, ...

Hooker, W.J. (1822). Exotic Flora, Volume I (Plate 9). William Blackwood, Edinburgh.
Lavarack, B., Harris, W. & Stocker, G. (2000). Dendrobium and its relatives. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.

See also: Acacia, Wattle, Green, Mimosa, Ebony