Mimosa à bois noir vs acacia noir

Acacia melanoxylon compared with Acacia decurrens

Key Differences

• Mimosa à bois noir is Not Evaluated while acacia noir is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mimosa à bois noir	acacia noir
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Acacia	Acacia
Species	Acacia melanoxylon	Acacia decurrens

Evolutionary Relationship

Mimosa à bois noir and acacia noir share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Acacia.

Conservation Status

Mimosa à bois noir

NE — Not Evaluated

acacia noir

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mimosa à bois noir	acacia noir
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mimosa à bois noir

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Haiti, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (8 countries).

acacia noir

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (Haiti, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Mimosa à bois noir

The Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) is a species in the genus Acacia. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations, found across Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, and more.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 22 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇫🇷 France 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇮🇳 India 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇪🇸 Spain 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe