Acacia mearnsii
Layer: Trees
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8 - 11
Edible: Yes
Edible parts: Seed
Light requirement: Full sun
Water requirement: Moist
Soil texture preferences: Light sandy, Medium
Utilities: Nitrogen fixer, Lumber, Tannin, Fire starter, Erosion control, Soil reclamation, Wind breaker, Cover crop
Native To: New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Introduced To: New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Warnings: Weed potential
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- 1000 seed weight (g)
- 13.2
- Alternate name
- Late black wattle, acácia-negra (portuguese), australian acacia, australische akazie (german), swartwattel (afrikaans), uwatela (zulu)
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Growth
- Fast
- Height
- 10.0
- Introduced into
- Algeria, Assam, Brazil South, California, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Hawaii, India, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Madeira, Morocco, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Portugal, Rwanda, Réunion, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Plants for a future
- https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Acacia mearnsii
- Plants of the world online
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470860-1
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_mearnsii
Slug: acacia-mearnsii
Permapeople ID: 444