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| {{SPlantbox | | {{SPlantbox |
| |familia=Fabaceae | | |familia=Fabaceae |
− | |genus=Acacia | + | |genus=Acacia |
− | |species=mangium | + | |species=mangium |
| |common_name=Wattle | | |common_name=Wattle |
| |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
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| |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |max_zone=12 | | |max_zone=12 |
− | |image=Upload.png | + | |image=Tree in Kolkata W IMG 4582.jpg |
| |image_width=240 | | |image_width=240 |
| }} | | }} |
− | Describe the plant here...
| + | '''''Acacia mangium''''' is a species of [[Flowering plant|flowering]] [[tree]] in the [[pea]] family, [[Fabaceae]], that is native to northeastern [[Queensland]] in [[Australia]], the [[Western Province (Papua New Guinea)|Western Province]] of [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Papua (Indonesian province)|Papua]], and the eastern [[Maluku Islands]].<ref name="RNGR">{{cite web |url=http://www.rngr.net/Publications/ttsm/Folder.2003-07-11.4726/Acacia%20mangium.pdf/file |format=[[PDF]] |first=John K. |last=Francis |title=''Acacia mangium'' Willd |work=Tropical Tree Seed Manual |publisher=Reforestation, Nurseries & Genetics Resources |date=2003-01-01 |accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref> Common names include '''Black Wattle''', '''Hickory Wattle''' and '''Mangium'''. Its uses include environmental management and wood.<ref name="ILDIS"/>''Acacia mangium'' grows up to {{convert|30|m|ft}} tall, often with a straight trunk. This tree is widely used in Goa in the mining industry for rehabilitation of the waste dumps as it is a drought resistant species and binds the sterile mine waste consisting of [[Laterite|lateritic]] strata. Like many other legumes, it is able to fix nitrogen in the soil<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Acacia_mangium.html|title=Acacia mangium|publisher=www.hort.purdue.edu|accessdate=2008-04-26|last=|first=}}</ref>. ''Acacia mangium'' has about 142,000 seeds/kg<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftbc.job.affrc.go.jp/html/english/ph_collection/html/sougou.htm#table|title=Growing Process of Tropical Trees-(Compiled version) |publisher=ftbc.job.affrc.go.jp |accessdate=2008-04-26|last=|first=}}</ref>. |
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| ==Cultivation== | | ==Cultivation== |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery perrow=5> | | <gallery perrow=5> |
− | Image:Upload.png| photo 1 | + | Image:Trunk in Kolkata W IMG 4577.jpg|Trunk |
− | Image:Upload.png| photo 2 | + | Image:Leaves with fruit pod at canopy in Kolkata W IMG 4579.jpg|Leaves with fruit pod at canopy |
− | Image:Upload.png| photo 3 | + | Image:Leaves at canopyon the branches in Kolkata W IMG 4579.jpg| Leaves at canopy on the branchesin |
| + | Image:Leaves at canopy in Kolkata W IMG 4578.jpg|Leaves at canopy |
| + | Image:Starr_031013-8002_Acacia_mangium.jpg|''Acacia mangium'' Branch and Pods |
| + | Image:Starr_031013-0014_Acacia_mangium.jpg|''Acacia mangium'' Old Bark |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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