Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Myth Buster: | Wattles rarely cause hayfever (it is mostly grasses) |
| Botanical Name: | Acacia melanoxylon 2 synonyms: Mimosa melanoxylon, Racosperma melanoxylon |
| Common Name: | australian blackwood, blackwood, blackwood acacia, hickory, mudgerabah, tasmanian blackwood |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | Seeds are edible and flowers can be cooked and eaten.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Fertile, Moist |
| Size (HxW): | 30 m x 15 m |
| Foliage: | Dull green phyllodes |
| Flowers: | Short clusters of cream ball-shaped flowerheads on scaly stalks. Pods 4-15 cm x 3.5-10 mm, becoming twisted and coiled, retained for a long time; seed stalk red. July-October |
| General Comments: | Fast growing, upright. Frost tolerant. Caterpillars like to eat it. Shade & screening. Habitat tree. Will sucker if roots damaged. Can be upper or middle canopy. |
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