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Swaziland's Alien Plants Database
| Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. |
| FABACEAE |
| Australian blackwood, blackwood, blackwood acacia |
| ingucukane |
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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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| Control: physical, chemical and cultural techniques, and biological control by means of beetle from Australia |
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K Braun, Swaziland's Alien Plants Database
Photo - bark
K Braun, Swaziland's Alien Plants Database
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K Braun, Swaziland's Alien Plants Database
Photo - flowers/leaves
The Weeds Society of Western Australia
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