Acacia melanoxylon

Family	Products	Niche	AFD Taxon	AFD Link	Useful Tropical Plant Link	Ecological Services	PROTA
Fabaceae	Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for construction, Tannins/Dye stuff, Gums/Resins	Scattered on crop land, Homestead boundary/live fence	Acacia melanoxylon	Link	Link	Ornamental, Live fence, Shade	Link

Agro-ecological Zone
Moist and Wet Kolla Weyna Dega and Dega

Growth rate	Management practices	Invasiveness	Leafing Phenology	Location
Fast	Lopping for firewood, silvicultural management of timber stands	No	Evergreen	Ethiopia

Country	Rainfall	Temperature	Altitude	Soil
Ethiopia	750-1500	unknown	1500-2500	Slightly acidic, forest podsols and alluvia of high nutrient status, but as a smaller tree, the species grows on a wide range of podsols, sandy loams, kraznozems and even the residue from tin sluicing operations

Origin	Location
Exotic	West Shewa and East Wollega