This tree has an upright trunk with grey furrowed bark and low branching that forms a symmetrical rounded crown. It has grey-green lanced-shaped phyllodes and the tiny tube-shaped flowers appear in large pale-yellow balls in late winter or during summer.

Hardiness zones 7 to 10

Acacia melanoxylonis naturally found in Australia from Queensland to Tasmania growing in cooler rainforest fringes or in wet sclerophyll, along creek bank on the coastal tablelands.

It grows in a wide range ofclimatic conditions and prefers a well drained fertile moist soil in high rainfall regions in a protected sunny position

Blackwood is a graceful tree that is grown in large gardens and parks as a specimen or shade tree. The timber is used for cabinet making or in veneers and the tree establishes in 3 to 4 years. This tree requires a moist protected position with room to grow and is an excellent soil stabiliser. It has naturalised in South Africa where it us regarded as a weed. ID 1004

Acacia (a-KAY-see-a) / (a-KAH-kee-a) melanoxylon(mel-a-NOKS-I-lon)

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)
subfamilyMimosoideae
Wattles