Description
Acacia mangium Willd (scientific name: Acacia mangium Willd.) is a plant of the genus Acacia in the leguminous family. It is a tall tree with a height of 30 meters and a diameter of 50-60 cm at breast height. It leads directly to the main trunk, usually more than half the height of the tree. The surface of the bark is thick, thick, longitudinally split, dark grayish brown to brown, and sometimes grooved at the base of the trunk. The inflorescence is scattered spike-like, 10 cm long, solitary or opposite in the upper leaf axils, flowers and filaments are off-white or covered with fine hairs. The mature pods are spirally curled and slightly woody; the seeds are long, black and shiny, with yellow beaded stalks, about 5 mm in length. The fruiting period is May-June in Guangdong and Hainan, China.
It is native to humid tropical regions such as northeastern Australia, Papua New Guinea and India; China introduced it from Australia in 1979 and cultivated it in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fu, Yunnan and other places. Like light, like warm and humid climate, not cold-tolerant. Tolerant to poor soil and grow faster.
The wood is hard, and the wood can be used as pulp material, artificial board, and furniture. Tannin extract can be extracted from the bark. The leaves can be used to make feed, and the economic and ecological benefits are very significant. It can also be used as a greening tree and a street tree. It is also an excellent tree species for greening barren hills, building soil and water conservation, windbreaking and sand fixation, and firewood forest
