Synonyms:

• (≡) Racosperma mangium (Willd.) Pedley

Common names:

• black wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• broadleaf salwood  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• brown salwood  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• hickory wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• northern wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• Sabah salwood  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• sally wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• hickory-akacia  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: potential as revegetator (fide Trop Leg)
• Environmental: soil improver (fide Trop Leg)
• Human food: vegetable (fide Trop Leg)
• Animal food: forage (fide Trop Leg)
• Fuels: fuelwood (fide Pl Res SEAs 5(1):48, 58. 1993)
• Materials: potential as fiber (for wood pulp fide Trop Leg)

Distributional Range:

Native

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.e.)]


Cultivated

Asia-Tropical

• INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
• MALESIA: Malaysia

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Dinh Kha, L. 2000. Studies on natural hybrids of Acacia mangium and A. auriculiformis in Vietnam J. Trop. Forest Sci. 12:794-803.
3. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
4. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
5. Midgley, S. J. & J. W. Turnbull 2003. Domestication and use of Australian acacias: case studies of five important species Austral. Syst. Bot. 16:89-102.
6. National Academy of Sciences Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 (Trop Leg)
7. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers (Pl Res SEAs) 5(1):48, 58.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=403168. Accessed 7 junio 2026.