Black wattle

An Acacia aulacocarpa tree.

Black wattle is the common name for a number of species of Acacia that are native to Australia, as listed below:

• Acacia aulacocarpa
• Acacia auriculiformis, also known as Darwin black wattle or northern black wattle;
• Acacia concurrens
• Acacia crassicarpa
• Acacia decurrens, also known as early black wattle
• Acacia hakeoides, also known as western black wattle
• Acacia implexa
• Acacia leiocalyx, also known as early-flowering black wattle
• Acacia mabellae
• Acacia mangium
• Acacia mearnsii, also known as late black wattle and the species of tree that is known to be, commercially, the most important tannin producer in Southern Africa
• Acacia melanoxylon, a 'timber' tree that is commonly known as Australian blackwood
• Acacia neriifolia
• Acacia plectocarpa
• Acacia salicina
• Acacia stenophylla

It may also refer to Callicoma serratifolia, a tall shrub or tree which also occurs/is found in Australia.

References

• "Australian plant common name database". Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 8 September 2014.