Acacia

Acacia
Biomes	Savanna; Savanna Plateau; Windswept Savanna;
Grows on	Dirt; Grass Block; Coarse Dirt; Podzol; Mycelium;
Fruit	none
Generates in; existing chunks	Yes
Consists of	Acacia Log; Acacia Leaves;

An acacia is a tree with gray bark and orange wood found in the savanna biome. Acacias are around 8 blocks tall and feature distinct diagonal trunks and often multiple canopies.

Appearance

The way acacias form is distinct. Acacia branches do not grow the same way as on other multi-branch trees (dark oak and giant jungle trees). Some acacias have many straight logs and a curve at the top, some at the bottom, and some curve from bottom to top. Typically, the canopy consists of just two layers of leaves, sometimes three. Acacia trees have high variability and can take many forms, such as:

The common acacia has a diagonal trunk and a single canopy.
The multi-canopy acacia has a trunk which forks around the middle of the plant. Each end ends in a canopy.
Another form of multi-canopy acacia exists where a straight trunk is topped with a small canopy, out of which grows an additional trunk ending in a second, higher canopy. These trees often grow taller than the common acacia.

Generation

Acacias spawn naturally only in the savanna biome and its variants, the savanna plateau and windswept savanna.

Blocks and items

These items can be obtained from all variants of acacia:

Acacia Log (harvested with any tool including hands)
Acacia Leaves (harvested with shears)
Stick (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
Acacia Planks (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
Stripped Acacia Log (created by using an axe on a log)
Acacia Sapling (¹⁄₂₀ chance of dropping when leaves decay or are broken)

Planting

Acacia saplings can be planted on:

An acacia requires a 3×3 column of unobstructed space at least 6 blocks above the sapling (7 blocks including the sapling itself). Additionally, the tree requires 5×5 layers without obstruction for the top 3 layers of its final height. No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree (a sapling planted in a hole 1 block deep can still grow).

Foliage colors

An acacia tree split between a savanna biome and a swamp biome.

Depending on where the tree generates, the color of the leaves may differ. For example, if an acacia is in a colder biome, such as a taiga or mountains biome, it has a blue-green hue.

Leaves are checked individually for biome coloration rather than as part of a larger tree; as such, trees that were grown between biomes usually have multiple shades on each side.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier
[No displayed name]	`acacia`

Config

History

Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Mega spruce trees, dark oak trees, and acacia trees added. These trees borrowed other trees' leaves and wood.
1.7.2			13w43a				Acacia and roofed oak now have their own wood, leaves and sapling variants. Acacia and roofed oak trees generated prior to this snapshot remain unchanged.
1.15			19w41a				The tops of large acacia canopies are now plus shaped.^[1]
1.15			19w45a				The tops of large acacia canopies are now again a rotated square.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU27	CU15	1.18	1.18	1.18	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added dark oak and acacia wood, but without their own leaves or saplings.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added dark oak and acacia saplings.

Issues

Issues relating to "Acacia" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

In real life, Acacia is a genus of trees.
The acacia sapling's color is different from the fully grown tree, as acacia bark is gray while the sapling's bark is brownish orange like the interior of the grown tree’s log.^[2]
It is the only plant-like Feature to be found on the surface of which two blocks (acacia logs in this case) predominantly connect via an edge in the air, making the acacia tree the most bizarre plant-like Feature that can be found most often (Coral Blocks being the only other Feature of which two blocks may connect via an edge only, with water in between, but they are much more rare according to the Coral block distribution graph).

Gallery

The original appearance of acacia trees.
Acacia tree in a windswept savanna biome.
An acacia tree that grew through a birch tree.
Comparison of the three acacia variants.

References

Navigation

[1] MC-163293

[2] MC-94874

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v t e Wood
Features	Tree Fallen Bush Huge fungus
Sources	Log Stripped Wood Stripped Stem Stripped Hyphae Stripped Bamboo Stripped
Building blocks	Planks Bamboo Mosaic Stairs Slab Fence Scaffolding
Functional blocks	Door Trapdoor Fence Gate Pressure Plate Button Sign Hanging Sign Shelf
Tools	Pickaxe Axe Shovel Sword Hoe
Miscellaneous	Boat with Chest Raft with Chest
Wood types	Oak Spruce Birch Jungle Dark oak Mangrove Cherry Pale oak Bamboo Crimson Warped
Joke	Potato tree Stem Planks Slab Stairs Fence Fence Gate Door Trapdoor Pressure Plate Button Sign Hanging Sign

Biomes	Savanna Savanna Plateau Windswept Savanna
Grows on	Dirt Grass Block Coarse Dirt Podzol Mycelium
Fruit	none
Generates in existing chunks	Yes
Consists of	Acacia Log Acacia Leaves