Blackwood may refer to:

Botany

* African blackwood (''

Dalbergia melanoxylon ''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 ...

''), a timber tree of Africa * African blackwood ('' Erythrophleum africanum''), (''

Peltophorum africanum __NOTOC__ ''Peltophorum africanum'', the weeping wattle, is a semi-deciduous to deciduous flowering tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, ...

'') also Rhodesian blackwood, trees from Africa * Australian blackwood (''

Senegalia modesta ''Senegalia modesta'' (commonly called phulai in Pakistan, phalāhī ਫਲਾਹੀ پھلاہی (Punjabi) in India) is a species of plant commonly found in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. ''S. modesta'' is a perennial tree and formerly, it ...

'' Syn.: ''Acacia modesta''), a tree from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Himalaya * Australian blackwood ('' Diospyros longibracteata''), from Laos * Australian or Tasmanian, Paluma blackwood (''

Acacia melanoxylon ''Acacia melanoxylon'', commonly known as the Australian blackwood, is an ''Acacia'' species native to south-eastern Australia. The species is also known as blackwood, hickory, mudgerabah, Tasmanian blackwood, or blackwood acacia. The tree belon ...

''), a tree of eastern Australia * Bombay, Malabar, Nilghiri or (East) Indian blackwood (''

Dalbergia latifolia ''Dalbergia latifolia'' (synonym ''Dalbergia emarginata'') is a premier timber species, also known as the Indian rosewood ( Tamil / தமிழ்: Eetti / ஈட்டி) ( Telugu / తెలుగు: Irugudu/ ఇరుగుడు). It is n ...

''), a timber tree of India * Burmese Blackwood (''

Dalbergia cultrata ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The g ...

'', ''

Dalbergia oliveri ''Dalbergia oliveri'' is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae which grows in tree form to 15 – 30 meters in height (up to 100 ft.). The fruit is a green pod containing one to two seeds which turn brown to black when ripe. It is thre ...

''), trees from South China, Southeast Asia * Cape blackwood (''

Diospyros whyteana ''Diospyros whyteana'' (also known as the bladdernut, swartbas, wild coffee or umTenatane) is a small African tree of the ebony family. Bearing dark green, strikingly glossy leaves and creamy fragrant flowers, it is increasingly cultivated in Sou ...

''), Southern East and South Africa, ('' Maytenus peduncularis''), from South Africa * Chinese blackwood, East African blackwood (''

''), from Africa, India * Indian blackwood (''

Hardwickia binata ''Hardwickia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the subfamily Detarioideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The only species is the anjan, ''Hardwickia binata'', a tree which is native to India and Bangladesh, and which grows to height ...

''), from India * Malabar blackwood (''

Dalbergia sissoides ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyly, monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergi ...

''), from India, Indonesia * ''

Acacia argyrodendron ''Acacia argyrodendron'', known colloquially as black gidyea or blackwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree with hard, furrowed bark, narrowly linear to elliptic phyllodes, golde ...

'', a tree from Australia * ''

Acacia penninervis ''Acacia penninervis'', commonly known as mountain hickory wattle, or blackwood, is a perennial shrub or tree is an ''Acacia'' belonging to subgenus ''Phyllodineae'', that is native to eastern Australia. Description The shrub or tree typically ...

'', a small tree or shrub of Australia * ''

Avicennia germinans ''Avicennia germinans'', the black mangrove, is a shrub or small tree growing up to 12 meters (39 feet) in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae. It grows in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts ...

'', from Middle America to Northern South America, South United States, Africa * ''

Diospyros melanoxylon ''Diospyros melanoxylon'', the Coromandel ebony or East Indian ebony, is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae native to India and Sri Lanka; it has a hard, dry bark. Its common name derives from Coromandel, the coast of southe ...

'', from India * ''

Haematoxylum campechianum ''Haematoxylum campechianum'' (blackwood, bloodwood tree, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood or logwood tree) is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is na ...

'', from Central America

Entertainment

* ''

Blackwood's Magazine ''Blackwood's Magazine'' was a British magazine and miscellany printed between 1817 and 1980. It was founded by publisher William Blackwood and originally called the ''Edinburgh Monthly Magazine'', but quickly relaunched as ''Blackwood's Edinb ...

'', a British periodical printed between 1817 and 1980 * ''Blackwood'' (1976 film), a 1976 Canadian documentary film * ''Blackwood'' (2013 film) * ''Blackwoods'' (film), a 2002 psychological thriller film *

Blackwood convention In the partnership card game contract bridge, the Blackwood convention is a bidding convention developed by Easley Blackwood in 1933 and still widely used in the modern game. Its purpose is to enable the partnership to explore its possession of ac ...

, a bidding agreement in contract bridge *

The Blackwood Brothers The Blackwood Brothers are an American southern gospel quartet. Pioneers of the Christian music industry, they are 8-time Grammy Award winners in addition to winning 7 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. They are also members of the Memp ...

, a southern gospel music quartet * ''

The Ghost of Blackwood Hall ''The Ghost of Blackwood Hall'' is the twenty-fifth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1948 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stori ...

'', one of the Nancy Drew series

Places

United States

Blackwood, Georgia Blackwood (also called Blackwood Springs) is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in th ...

Blackwood, New Jersey Blackwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Gloucester Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Blackwood, North Carolina Blackwood is an unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, t ...

Blackwood, Virginia Blackwood is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Wise County, Virginia Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties and named for Hen ...

United Kingdom

Blackwood, Caerphilly Blackwood ( or ) is a town, community (Wales), community and an Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward on the Sirhowy River in the South Wales Valleys administered as part of Caerphilly County Borough. It is located ...

, Wales *

Blackwood, Cumbernauld Blackwood is an area in Cumbernauld, a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Located north of Westfield and towards Kirkintilloch, construction of Blackwood first began in the early 1990s and is home to several housing estates, as well as a man ...

, North Lanarkshire, Scotland *

Blackwood, South Lanarkshire Blackwood is a village which borders Kirkmuirhill, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland. It has a few small shops, a Roman Catholic church and a couple of primary schools. Location Blackwood sits adjacent to the M74 motorway - Scotlan ...

, Scotland

Australia

Blackwood, South Australia Blackwood is a south-eastern suburb located in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It is part of the local government area of the City of Mitcham. History The name "Blackwood" most likely comes from either the Acacia melanoxylon, also known as ...

, suburb of Adelaide, Australia *

Blackwood, Victoria Blackwood is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The township is located on the Lerderderg River, 89 kilometres north-west of the state capital, Melbourne, within the Wombat State Forest. Blackwood is in the Shire of Moorabool ...

, Australia

Other

* Blackwood (surname), a Scottish surname *

Blackwood (publishing house) William Blackwood and Sons was a Scottish publishing house and printer founded by William Blackwood in 1804. It played a key role in literary history, publishing many important authors, for example John Buchan, George Tomkyns Chesney, Joseph Co ...

* Blackwood (whisky distillery) * Blackwood National Park, in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia *

Blackwood River The Blackwood River is a major river and catchment in the South West (Western Australia), South West of Western Australia. Course The river begins at the junction of Arthur River (Western Australia), Arthur River and Balgarup River near Que ...

, in Western Australia * ''Blackwood''-class frigate, named after Captain Henry Blackwood * HMS ''Blackwood'', named after Captain Henry Blackwood *

Lincoln Blackwood The Lincoln Blackwood is a luxury pickup truck that was marketed by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company for the 2002 model year. The first pickup truck marketed by Lincoln, the Blackwood was derived from the Ford F-150 SuperCrew and the ...

, an American luxury pickup truck manufactured by Lincoln