Acacia melanoxylon R.Br.

Acacia melanoxylon R.Br.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Acacia Miller
Tribe: Acacieae
References: [19][650][754][1915]

Other names:

Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.)C.Martius [Synonym] [494]

Common Names:

Aroma Salvaje [1360]
Australian Blackwood [2944]
Blackwood [19] [1915]
Blackwood Acacia [1140]
Tasmanian Blackwood [2080]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Shrub
- Tree
Lifespan:
- Perennial
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1993 Polhill RM
- 1993 Zarucchi JL
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
- 1994 Rico ML
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Environmental [2080] [2944]
Wood [19] [2944]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa
- Ethiopia [24]
- Kenya [8]
- Lesotho [19]
- South Africa [19]
- Swaziland [19]
- Tanzania [8]

Asia [1914] [1947] [2010]
- Bhutan [1947]
- India [1914]
- Pakistan [2010]

Australasia [1880] [2419] [2420]
- Australia [19] [1880]
  - New South Wales [1880]
  - South Australia [1880]
  - Victoria [1880]
  - Western Australia [1880]
- Tasmania [1880] [2419] [2420]

Europe
- Azores [754]
- Belgium-F.E. [754]
- France-F.E. [754]
- Italy-F.E. [754]
- Portugal [754]
- Spain-F.E. [754]

Indian Ocean [1915]
- Mauritius [1915]
- Reunion [1915]

North America [1360]
- United States [1360]
  - California [1360]
  - Florida [1360]

Pacific Ocean [2080]
- New Zealand(North) [2080]
- New Zealand(South) [2080]

South America [1140] [2090] [2233]
- Argentina [1114] [1140]
- Bolivia [2233]
- Chile [1444]
- Colombia [1292]
- Peru [2090] [2233]
- Uruguay [1114]
- Venezuela [2233]

Notes:

Behaving as a weed in parts of South Africa (Ross ref.19).
Timber highly valued for hard & close grain [1924]
Cultivated on Mauritius and Reunion. [1915]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:48:23