Botanical name: Acacia mangium
Common names: Mangium Wattle, Black Wattle, Hickory Wattle
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Origin: Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
Acacia mangium grows up to 30m tall, often with a straight trunk.
Phyllodes lanceolate or ovate, conspicuously veined, light or dark green; flower-heads rod-like, white, sparse, on hairy peduncles about 1 cm long; pods long, slender, coiled or twisted and contorted. Its uses include environmental management and wood.
Similar plants: Acacia mangium (Mangium Wattle)
- Acacia adoxa (Acacia)
- Acacia auriculiformis (Darwin Black Wattle)
- Acacia baileyana ''Purpurea'' (Purple Fernleaf Acacia)
- Acacia cavenia (Espino Cavan)
- Acacia cultriformis (Knife-leaf Wattle)
- Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle)
- Acacia decurrens (Black Wattle)
- Acacia glaucoptera (Clay Wattle)
- Acacia iteaphylla (Willow-leaf Wattle)
- Acacia nematophylla (Acacia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/acacia_mangium.htm