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Acacia mangium
Species of legume / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acacia mangium is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to northeastern Queensland in Australia, the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, Papua, and the eastern Maluku Islands.[3] Common names include black wattle, hickory wattle, mangium, and forest mangrove. Its uses include environmental management and wood.[2]
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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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Acacia mangium | |
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It was first described in 1806 by Carl Ludwig Willdenow, who described it as living in the Moluccas.[4][5]