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Senegalia mellifera is a common thorn tree in Africa. The name mellifera refers to its sweet-smelling blossoms and honey. Its lumber turns pitch black when oiled. Common names of the tree include Blackthorn and Swarthaak . It is listed as being not threatened. [2]
Melaleuca bracteata, commonly known as the black tea-tree, river tea-tree or mock olive [2] is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It usually occurs as a large shrub but under ideal conditions can grow into a tree up to 10 m (30 ft) tall.
Dalbergia melanoxylon (African blackwood, grenadilla, or mpingo) in French Granadille d'Afrique is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea, to southern regions of Tanzania to Mozambique and south to the north-eastern parts of South Africa.
Nyssa sylvatica 's genus name, Nyssa, refers to a Greek water nymph; [4] the species epithet sylvatica refers to its woodland habitat. [4]The species' common name, tupelo, is of Native American origin, coming from the Creek words ito "tree" and opilwa "swamp"; it was in use by the mid-18th century.
This is a list of plants in the genus Melaleuca. In 2013, Lyndley Craven published a monograph of the genus with a description of 290 species, including about 40 sometimes known as callistemons. [1] A new species (Melaleuca lophocoracorum) was described in a 2013 paper. [2]
Picea mariana, the black spruce, is a North American species of spruce tree in the pine family. It is widespread across Canada, found in all 10 provinces and all 3 territories . It is the official tree of Newfoundland and Labrador and is that province's most abundant tree.
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The accepted name for black willow is: Salix nigra Marshall. Marshall , the "Father of American Dendrology ", [ 9 ] first described this taxon in 1785. Salix gooddingii (Goodding's willow) is sometimes considered a variety of S. nigra as S. nigra var. vallicola Dudley; when recognized, this extends the range of S. nigra to western North America.