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Blackwood - Acacia melanoxylon
Normally a relatively large tree with alternately arranged simple 'leaves'.
its elongated 'leaves' are straight or curved, with 3-5 prominent veins running lengthwise.
its pale yellow or whitish flowers are borne in small globular clusters that are arranged in short compound clusters in the 'leaf' forks.
its elongated pods (4-15 cm long and 3.5-8 mm wide) are strongly curved, twisted or coiled.
its shiny black seeds are almost encircled by a folded fleshy structure that is pink to dull red in colour.
"Acacia melanoxylon", commonly known as the Australian blackwood, is an "Acacia" species native in South eastern Australia. The tree belongs to the "Plurinerves" section of "Acacia" and is one of the most wide ranging tree species in eastern Australia and is quite variable mostly in the size and shape of the phyllodes.
