Acacia mangium
Black wattle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Acacia |
Species: | A. mangium
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Binomial name | |
Acacia mangium Willd. | |
Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms | |
Acacia mangium is a species of
It was first described in 1806 by Carl Ludwig Willdenow, who described it as living in the Moluccas.[4][5]
Cultivation
Acacia mangium grows up to 30 metres (98 ft), often with a straight trunk. A. mangium has about 142,000 seeds/kg.[6] To break down dormancy mature seed requires pre-germination treatments such as mechanical scarification (scratching the surface) or boiling water. This treatment leads to a fast germination and typically exceeds 75%.[7] Like many other
Uses
Timber
Acacia mangium trees produce sapwood and heartwood. The heartwood's colour is brownish yellow shimmery and medium textured. Because the timber is extremely heavy, hard, very strong, tough, and not liable to warp and crack badly it is used for furniture, doors and window frames. The glossy and smooth surface finish after polishing leads also to a potential for making export-oriented parquet flooring tiles and artifacts.[10]
Pulp and paper
A. mangium has been recognized as an excellent source of short
Soil management and ecological restoration
Because Acacia mangium trees increase the turnover rate of nitrogen in the topsoil, it can improve the nitrogen availability in soils in mixed cultures.[12] Due to the fact that it is a very fast growing tree it develops an intensive rooting system, particularly in low fertility soils.[13] This helps to recover degraded tropical lands[12] The tree is widely used in Goa, India in the mining industry for rehabilitation of waste dumps as it is a drought-resistant species and binds sterile mine waste consisting of lateritic strata.[6] In Colombia, it has been used for restoring wasteland created by open-pit gold mining.[14]
Chemistry
The gum contains 5.4% ash, 0.98% N, 1.49% methoxyl, and by calculation, 32.2% uronic acid.[15] The sugar composition after hydrolysis: 9.0% 4-0-methylglucuronic acid, 23.2% glucuronic acid, 56% galactose, 10% arabinose, and 2% rhamnose.
Gallery
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Cultivation in Africa
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Trunk in Kolkata, India
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Tree in Kolkata, India.
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Leaves with fruit pod at canopy
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Leaves and pods
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Old bark
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Leaves in young tree
References
- . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Acacia mangium – ILDIS LegumeWeb". ildis.org. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ Francis, John K. (1 January 2003). "Acacia mangium Willd". Tropical Tree Seed Manual. Reforestation, Nurseries & Genetics Resources. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Acacia mamgium". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Willdenow, C.L. (1806). "Acacia Mangium". Species Plantarum Edn. 4. 4 (2): 1053.
- ^ a b "Growing Process of Tropical Trees-(Compiled version)". ftbc.job.affrc.go.jp. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ a b "Discover Life/ Royal Botanical Gardens". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Acacia mangium". hort.purdue.edu. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ Jeyanny, V.; Lee, SS; Rasidah, K Wan (2011). "Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation and fertilisation on the growth of Acacia mangium seedlings". Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 23 (4): 404–409.
- S2CID 37543199.
- ^ "Short Review: The Chemistry and Pulping of Acacia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ doi:10.1038/511155d
- ^ Kadir W.R, Kadir A.A., Van Cleemput O., Zaharah Abdul Rahman. 1996. Field grown Acacia mangium: How intensive is root growth? Journal of Tropical Forest Science 10(3): 283–291 (1998)
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- JSTOR 4109654.