Acacia mangium
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Description
Tree, up to 27 m high, bole straight, up to 13.5 m, 45 cm in diameter;
Branchlets acutely triangular, sometimes scurfy but soon glabrous.
Flowers white, cream, greenish, or pale yellow, pentamerous.
Stamens up to 3.5 mm.
Ovary sessile, puberulous.
Seeds held longitudinally in pod;
Distribution
Amboina present, Aru Islands present, Asia-Tropical, Buru present, Central York Peninsula present, Ceram present, E Australia present, S Moluccas present, S New Guinea present, Sanana present, Sula Islands present, Taliaboe present
E Australia (N of c. 18° S, but absent from Central York Peninsula); in Malesia: S New Guinea, Aru Islands, S Moluccas (Amboina, Buru, Ceram), Sula Islands (Sanana, Taliaboe).
Uses
Ornamental and, especially in Sabah, extensively planted as a hardwood. The species may be quickly spreading and has a growth rate similar to that of Paraserianthes falcataria and may reach a height of 23 m and a diameter of 23 cm in 9 years (cf. Pedley 1982). It seems especially suitable for reforestation of Imperata wastelands. The wood makes excellent particle board and could perhaps be used for furniture and cabinet-making.