Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood (Leguminosae) Evergreen tree

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Acacia melanoxylon
Blackwood
Evergreen tree
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The Acacia melanoxylon plant species is found in Australia - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria. Locally naturalized in S.W. Europe[50]. It is a member of the Leguminosae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Blackwood.

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Latin Name:  Acacia melanoxylon
Common Name:  Blackwood
Family:  Leguminosae
Author:  R.Br.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  30   Mature Width:

Habitat:  Wet forests on good soils up to the montane zone[152, 154]. Usually an under-storey tree in Eucalyptus forests[167].

Propagation Notes: Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a sunny position in a warm greenhouse[1]. Stored seed should be scarified, pre-soaked for 12 hours in warm water and then sown in a warm greenhouse in March. The seed germinates in 3 - 4 weeks at 25°c[133]. As soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle, prick them out into individual pots and grow them on in a sunny position in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and consider giving them some protection from the cold for their first winter outdoors. Cuttings of half-ripe wood with a heel, July/August in individual pots in a frame[78]. Overwinter in a greenhouse for the first winter and plant out in their permanent positions in late spring or early summer. Fair percentage[78].

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