Synonyms:

• (≡) Racosperma melanoxylon (R. Br.) Mart.

Common names:

• Australian blackwood  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• black sally  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• black wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• blackwood  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• blackwood acacia  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• Paluma blackwood  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• sally wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• silver wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• Tasmanian blackwood  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• Australiese swarthout  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - Afrikaans
• svartvedsakacia  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Leg ErWild)
• Environmental: revegetator (fide Leg ErWild)
• Materials: wood (timber fide Ency WTimber)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Rep NCEPPC, Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [Austr. Capital Terr., New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia (s.e.), Tasmania, Victoria]


Cultivated

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia (s.)
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Rwanda
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius

Australasia

• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Southern America

• BRAZIL: Brazil


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Georgia

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal, Spain

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
• Mexico

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

References:

1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). (PROTA4U)
2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
3. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
4. Campbell, F. T., ed. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. 1995 (unpublished draft) (Rep NCEPPC)
5. Graham, E. H. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941 (Leg ErWild)
6. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001 (Weeds SAfr 2001)
7. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
9. International Legume Database & Information Service International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource). (ILDIS)
10. Isely, D. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). 1998 (Leg US)
11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
12. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
13. Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource). (F Hawaii Online)

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=926. Accessed 7 junio 2026.