Swaziland's Alien Plants Database

Acacia melanoxylon R.Br.

FABACEAE

Australian blackwood, blackwood, blackwood acacia

ingucukane

Invasive, Problem species

Origin: South and East Australia, Tasmania

Growth Form: Tree

Plant Description: Plant: Unarmed evergreen tree 8–15(–20) m high; trunk straight, crown dense, pyramidal to cylindrical; similar to A. implexa. Leaves: Phyllodes (mature; immature), greyish turning dark dull-green, ± erect, straight to slightly curved, with 3–7 prominent longitudinal veins and fine net-veins between; often bipinnate on young plants and coppice shoots. Flowers: Pale yellow, globular flowerheads, August–September. Fruit: Reddish-brown pods, narrower than leaves, slightly constricted, twisted; seeds almost encircled by pinkish-red seed stalks.

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