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Senegalia catechu, previously known as Acacia catechu, is a deciduous, thorny tree which grows up to 15 m (50 ft) in height. [4] The plant is called kachu in Malay; the Malay name was Latinized to "catechu" in Linnaean taxonomy , as the species from which the extracts cutch and catechu are derived. [ 5 ]
An Acacia-like 14 cm (5.5 in) long fossil seed pod has been described from the Eocene of the Paris Basin. [29] Acacia-like fossil pods under the name Leguminocarpon are known from late Oligocene deposits at different sites in Hungary. Seed pod fossils of †Acacia parschlugiana and †Acacia cyclosperma are known from Tertiary deposits in ...
Acacia koa, commonly known as koa, [3] is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands , [ 2 ] where it is the second most common tree. [ 4 ] The highest populations are on Hawaiʻi , Maui and Oʻahu .
Acacia saligna, commonly known by various names including coojong, golden wreath wattle, orange wattle, blue-leafed wattle, Western Australian golden wattle, and, in Africa, Port Jackson willow, is a small tree in the family Fabaceae.
Vachellia farnesiana, also known as Acacia farnesiana, and previously Mimosa farnesiana, commonly known as sweet acacia, [12] huisache, [13] casha tree, or needle bush, is a species of shrub or small tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its flowers are used in the perfume industry.
Vachellia cornigera, commonly known as bullhorn acacia (family Fabaceae), is a swollen-thorn tree and myrmecophyte native to Mexico and Central America. The common name of "bullhorn" refers to the enlarged, hollowed-out, swollen thorns (technically called stipular spines ) that occur in pairs at the base of leaves, and resemble the horns of a ...
Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The dark green, rigid and sharp-pointed phyllodes have three or four prominent longitudinal veins. The bright yellow to pale yellow cylindrical flowerheads appear in groups of one to three in the axils of the phyllodes from July to October, followed by straight or slightly ...
Acacia falcata, commonly known as sickle wattle and by other vernacular names including sally, [2] is a perennial shrub or tree native to eastern Australia, which reaches five metres in height and has cream flowers in early winter. It gets its common and scientific name for its sickle-shaped leaves.