Acacia melanoxylon, R. Br.
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Acacia melanoxylon |
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7. A. melanoxylon R. Br. View in CoL in Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5: 462 (1813).
Tree up to 40 m; stem straight, erect; bark dark brown, deeply furrowed. Young twigs hirsute. Phyllodes 6-13 x 0-7-2 cm (larger on suckers), lanceolate to oblanceolate, slightly falcate, obtuse to acute, dull, dark green, 3- to 5-veined; 2-pinnate and transitional leaves often occurring here and there on young trees, the pinnae with 14-20 oblong leaflets 5-7 mm. Capitula 10 mm in diameter. Flowers creamy white. Legume 70-120 x 8-10 mm, compressed, twisted, reddish-brown. Funicle encircling the seed in a double fold, scarlet. Planted for timber in S. W. Europe and locally naturalized. [Az Br Ga Hs It Lu.] (S.E. Australia, Tasmania.)
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Acacia melanoxylon
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
A. melanoxylon
| R. Br. 1813: 462 |