Fabaceae
Black wattle
Acacia mearnsii
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Afrikaans
- Swartwattel
- Arabic
- سنط رخو
- arz
- سنط رخو
- Azerbaijani
- Albizia mearnsii
- Chinese
- 黑荆, 黑荊, 默氏相思, 栲皮树, 澳洲金合欢, 黑荆树
- Czech
- Akácie Mearnsova
- English
- Black wattle, Tan wattle
- Finnish
- Parkkiakaasia
- Japanese
- ブラックワトル
- Kinyarwanda
- Barakatsi
- Malayalam
- കറുത്ത വാറ്റിൽ
- Persian
- اقاقیا مرنسی
Synonyms
- Racosperma mearnsii (De Wild.) Pedley
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: animujo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: loft33, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: takalani.nelu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: PEBELOU, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alain Ngute, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.