Basisdaten
description:
The blackwood wattle comes from Australia and is also found in a narrow strip along the American east coast. The wood is easy to process and is used in the musical instrument- furniture- and shipbuilding industries. The tree will be rarely more than 50 years old.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Acacia melanoxylon
other name:
Sally wattle
other name:
Lightwood, Tasmanian Blackwood
other name:
Black wattle
family:
Legume or pea or bean family (Fabaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 20 m (66 ft)
leaf:
The leaves are dull green, oblong to ovate and short-petiolate.
leaf shape:
oblong
leaf margin:
smooth
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
evergreen
blossom color:
yellow
blossom description:
The yellow flowers are borne in large, yellow racemes.
fruit:
Legumes: brown pods containing the seeds.
bark:
The bark is gray - brown and furrowed longitudinally fissured.
location:
sun
comment:
The blackwood wattle tolerates coastal conditions and frost. The plant is suited for coastal protection.