Mangium Wood
Scientific Name: Acacia mangium
Family : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Other Names : Mangium, black wattle, hickory wattle
Uses: mangium wood is suitable for pulp, paper, particle board, crates and woodchips. It also has potential for sawn timber, moulding, furniture and veneers. As it has a calorific value of 4800–4900 Kcal/ kg, the wood can be used for firewood and charcoal.
Description: Acacia mangium is native to Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is a low-elevation tree species associated with rain forest margins and disturbed, well-drained acid soils. Acacia mangium is one of the major fast growing leguminous species used in plantation forestry programs throughout Asia and the Pacific. It fixes nitrogen and it can regenerate rapidly. It has rapid early growth, and can attain a height of 30 meters (100 ft) and a diameter of over 60 cm (24 in). It occur naturally at the edges of mangrove stands, in the transition area between forests and rivers and grassland, and in areas recently disturbed, especially by fire.