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Notes
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| DESCRIPTION: There are two varieties: var. fruticosa is a bushy shrub up to 2-3 m tall, while var. aulacocarpa often is a small to medium sized tree reaching 5-35 m in height, depending on the site. Under favourable conditions the trunk is straight and may reach 100 cm in diameter. USES: The wood is a good fuel when dry and it can be used as light structural and flooring timber, for boatbuilding, furniture and cabinet work, joinery and turnery. The tree can be utilized for light shade an as an ornamental. GROWING PERIOD Fast-growing perennial. COMMON NAMES: Brown salwood, Bush ironbark wattle, Papua New Guinea brown wattle, Hicory wattle, Black wattle. FURTHER INF.: In Australia, the latitudinal range of brown salwood is 6-31°S and it occur at elevations between sea level and 1000 m. The tree can grow on a wide range of topography and although it is often found on flats and gently undulating terrain it may occur on steep rocky slopes. |
Sources
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Grassland Index
Boland D 1984 pp 154-155 [TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, TEXT, DEP, DRA, FER, USE]
Turnbull J 1986 pp 106-107 [TEMP, RAIN, TEXT, PH, DRA, FER, USE]
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