Acacia melanoxylon
Blackwood, Burna'look, Bunurong
A fast-growing small to large upright tree with hard, fissured bark.
Additional information
- FamilyFabaceae
- StoreyUpper storey
- Size5-30 m x 4-15 m
- Plant groupingTrees 5 m +
- LeavesDull green foliage to 15 cm x 10-25 mm wide, with 3-5 raised main veins. Young foliage often has ferny leaves on the tips.
- Flower colourCream
- Flowering timeJuly to October
- FlowersShort clusters of 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.
- Bird attractingGeneral - food and habitat
- Butterfly attractingFood plant for caterpillars
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsWidespread, preferring moist fertile soils, in valleys in wetter mountain forests. Once established it will tolerate drier conditions but may remain smaller. Frost tolerant. Full or partial sun
- Garden useShade & screening. Habitat tree. Will sucker if roots damaged. Can be upper or middle canopy.
- Commercially availableGenerally
- Conservation statusWidespread within the Shire
- Aboriginal Use Weapons, medicine, fishing lines from fibre; fish poison from pounded leaves
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Photographer/s: Marilyn Bull ©
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