Common Name(s): Pink gidgee, purple gidgee
Scientific Name: Acacia crombiei
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
Average Dried Weight: 86.5 lbs/ft3 (1,385 kg/m3)*
*Density based on a single sample tested
Janka Hardness: 3,880 lbf (17,260 N)
Comments: A very heavy hardwood sharing some characteristics with Waddywood (Acacia peuce), the tree is listed as vulnerable under Australia’s 1999 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Being a small tree or shrub, the wood is usually used for turned objects or small decorative items. The wood can have a pinkish or purplish hue right at the boundary between the sapwood and heartwood.
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[caption id="attachment_22055" align="alignleft" width="300"] Pink gidgee (Acacia crombiei)[/caption]
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Freshly cut/polished pink gidgee heartwood shows brown colour which is similar to gidgee, while exposed to sunlight or UV light, the wood will soon change to lovely dark purplish colour.