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Big-leaved Acacia
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Legumes: pea and bean family

Big-leaved Acacia

Acacia mangium Willd.

LC Least ConcernIntroduced by people

Names

EnglishBig-leaved Acacia
Dutch—
SpanishAcacia de hojas grandes
Chinese马占相思
Scientific nameAcacia mangium Willd.

About this species

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. Common names include black wattle, hickory wattle, mangium, and forest mangrove. Its uses include environmental management and wood.

It was first described in 1806 by Carl Ludwig Willdenow, who described it as living in the Moluccas.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusAcacia

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2025First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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