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Common name

English: Australian blackwood, Blackwood

German: Schwarzholzakazie

Portuguese: Acácia

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(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

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

Check for Acacia melanoxylon at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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