HERBARIUM COLLECTION
(HRT 3301 SEMESTER: 5
2010/2011)
Scientific Name :
Acacia mangium
Common Name :
Mangium, Mangium wattle, mange, forest mangrove
Plant characteristics :
a) Medium
to tall, spreading tree; branches glabrous
b) Leaves
: lanceolate or ovate, conspicuously veined, light or dark green; flower-heads
rod-like, 6-10 cm long
c) Tree
to 30 m tall, bole often straight, to over half the total tree height
d) Flowers
in loose spikes to 10 cm long, solitary or paired
in
the upper axils
Positive Charactristics of the
plant : Easy to survive at any place, not require any
specific climate or type of soil.
Negative
Characteristics of the plant : There are problems with
leaf insects. Mangium has symbioses with the bacterium Rhizobium and the
fungus Thelephora
Usage:
Acacia mangium is widely planted in the Pacific and
elsewhere as a forestry tree and for
other
purposes.
Other
Information : grows rapidly, produces numerous seeds,
and spreads in areas where it
is planted. This
plant are native to Queensland, Australia, Molluccan Islands,Papua New Guinea,
and Indonesia.
