Acacia terminalis sensu Court
Taxonomy
- Species:
- Acacia terminalis sensu Court
- Genus:
- Acacia
- Family:
- Leguminosae
Common Names
- No common names
Properties
Botanic
Unarmed tree up to 25 m tall. Branchlets terete, finely puberulous.
"Leaves bipinnately compound; petiole 8 cm long, with an elliptical gland halfway; rachis 11-17 cm long; pinnae 2-4 pairs, 8-14 cm long; leaflets opposite, subsessile, 8-14 pairs per pinna, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 cm x 4-9 mm, both surfaces slightly appressed-puberulous."
Inflorescence a pedunculate glomerule, 0.5 cm in diameter, arranged in axillary racemes or terminal panicles, whitish to ligh yellow.
Pod oblongoid, 10-15 cm x 1.2 cm, 6-12 seeded.
Habitat
A. elata grows along rivers and in ravines
Cultivation and Marketing
Cultivation
Originates from Australia (New South Wales), occasional cultivated in Africa, India, Sri Lanka and Java.
Uses and Function
Ornamental: It also grown as a ornamental.
Soil improver: Green manure in e.g. Cinchona plantations in Sri Lanka and West Java, where it grows well and fast.
Fibre: Wood pulp has proved to be excellent for making paper.
Variable
Wood Density
2 rows
| 0.64 | 0.6400 | 15 | Oey Djoen Seng (1951) in Soewarsono (1990). Specific Gravity of Indonesian Woods and its Significance for Practical Use, FRDC, Forestry Department, Bogor, Indonesia | |||
| 0.51 | 0.5100 | Oey Djoen Seng (1951) in Soewarsono (1990). Specific Gravity of Indonesian Woods and its Significance for Practical Use, FRDC, Forestry Department, Bogor, Indonesia | South-East Asia (tropical) |
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Statistic Summary of Wood Density (g/cm³)
- N
- 2
- Mean
- 0.5750
- Median
- 0.5750
- Mode
- -
- Stdv
- 0.0919
- Variance
- 0.0084
- Range
- [0.51, 0.64]
- If the Moisture Content column is undefined, you may assume the value of 15%
- The statistic summary is based on data availability in the database, thus it may change upon the data collection updates