Fabaceae
Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (22)
- Afrikaans
- Swarthout
- Amharic
- ኦሜድላ
- Arabic
- سنط أسود الخشب
- Armenian
- Սև ակացիա
- arz
- اكاسيا ميلانوكسيلون
- Asturian
- Alcacia negra
- azb
- قارا آکاسی
- Azerbaijani
- Qara akasiya
- Basque
- Zur beltzeko akazia
- Bulgarian
- Черна акация
- Catalan
- Acàcia de fusta negra
- Chinese
- 黑木相思, 澳洲黑木, 黑木相思树
- English
- Blackwood, Australian blackwood, Blackwood acacia, Hickory, Mudgerabah, Sally wattle, Tasmanian blackwood
- Estonian
- Must akaatsia
- Georgian
- Აბანოზის აკაცია
- Hebrew
- שיטה שחורה
- Persian
- آکاکیا ملانکسیلون
- Russian
- Акация чёрная, Акация чёрнодревесная, Акация чёрнодревная
- Swedish
- Svartvedsakacia
- Tamil
- சீமைவேல்
- Ukrainian
- Акація чорнодеревна
- Welsh
- Acasia pren du
Synonyms
- Acacia arcuata Sieber ex Spreng.
- Acacia latifolia Desf.
- Acacia melanoxylon f. frutescens Hochr.
- Acacia melanoxylon var. arcuata Ser.
- Acacia melanoxylon var. obtusifolia Ser.
- Acacia melanoxylum R.Br.
- Mimosa melanoxylon (R.Br.) Poir.
- Mimosa melanoxylum Poir.
- Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) C.Mart.
- Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Pedley
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Torrente Debora, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Luchi Lu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Zaragoza Osorio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: பரிதிமதி, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: conapa técnico, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: பரிதிமதி, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: headcra6, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mr.Rosewater, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.