Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 4(2):1072. 1806
Comment:
for authorship see comment in Flora of Southern Africa 16(1):108-109. 1975
Verified:
03/13/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
black wattle – early black wattle – green wattle – queen wattle – Sydney green wattle – Sydney wattle – Afrikaans
groenwattel – French
acacia noir – German
schwarze Akazie – Transcribed Chinese
xian ye jin he huan –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Victoria | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
Native
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Victoria]
Cultivated
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java], Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
Southern America
Naturalized
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Australasia
Southern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Graham, E. H. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941 |
| Environmental | shade/shelter | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
| Fuels | charcoal | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
| Materials | fiber | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
| Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | Graham, E. H. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941 |
| Weed | | | Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=822.
Accessed 11 August 2025.