Common name
English: Australian blackwood, Blackwood
German: Schwarzholzakazie
Portuguese: Acácia
English: Australian blackwood, Blackwood
German: Schwarzholzakazie
Portuguese: Acácia
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Acacia (11)
Epithet: melanoxylon R.Br. (1)
Synonyms: Acacia arcuata Spreng., Acacia arcuata Spreng., Mimosa melanoxylon (R.Br.) Poir., Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) C.Mart., Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Pedley
arcuata => bow-shaped, bent
melanoxylon => having black wood
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: beige, white
Check for Acacia melanoxylon at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNILiterature