Black Wattle

Panama, Panama

Native to Australia and Indonesia, but widely planted in the tropics. Photo from a plantation in central Sumatra.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/mimosoid/index.html

Bukit Cherakah, Selangor, Malaysia.Acacia mangium Willd. Fabaceae, also placed in: Mimosaceae . CN: [Malay - Akasia daun lebar], Black wattle, Hickory wattle, Mangium. Native to northeastern Queensland, Australia, western province of Papua New Guinea, Papua, eastern Maluku Islands; elsewhere naturalized or cultivated for its timber. Synonym(s):Racosperma mangium (Willd.) Pedley Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?403168en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_mangium

Ijok, Selangor, Malaysia.Acacia mangium Willd. Fabaceae, also placed in: Mimosaceae . CN: [Malay - Akasia daun lebar], Black wattle, Hickory wattle, Mangium. Native to northeastern Queensland, Australia, western province of Papua New Guinea, Papua, eastern Maluku Islands; elsewhere naturalized or cultivated for its timber. Synonym(s):Racosperma mangium (Willd.) Pedley Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?403168en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_mangium

Ijok, Selangor, Malaysia.Acacia mangium Willd. Fabaceae, also placed in: Mimosaceae . CN: [Malay - Akasia daun lebar], Black wattle, Hickory wattle, Mangium. Native to northeastern Queensland, Australia, western province of Papua New Guinea, Papua, eastern Maluku Islands; elsewhere naturalized or cultivated for its timber. Synonym(s):Racosperma mangium (Willd.) Pedley Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?403168en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_mangium