Family: Mimosaceae

Scientific name: Acacia melanoxylon

Common Name: Blackwood

Distribution: Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland.

General Information: Small tree to 15m in Queensland to large tree (to around 30 metres) in Tasmania. Phyllodes alternate, oblanceolate/elliptical with 3-7 prominent longitudinal veins, apex blunt, flowers in small spherical heads on short racemes. Pods flattish, curved or coiled, margins thickened with slight constrictions between seeds. Flowering August to October (Tasmania), November to January (Queensland).

Specimen: The Gap, Queensland (lower left), Private land, Mountain River area, 2009 (upper left and right).

Source:

Gray, A 1990 'A Field Key to Native and Naturalised Acacia Species in Tasmania', Greening Australia, Hobart.

Launceston Field Naturalists Club 2008 'A Guide to Flowers & Plants of Tasmania', 4th Edition, Reed New Holland, Chatswood.

Queensland Museum 2003 'Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane', Queensland Museum, Brisbane.