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Vachellia xanthophloea (previously Acacia xanthophloea) is a tree in the family Fabaceae, commonly known in English as the fever tree. [3] This species of Vachellia is native to eastern and southern Africa (Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe). It has also become a landscape tree in ...
Acacia tortilis: umbrella tree; tortilis Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Acacia tortuosa: huisachillo Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Acacia xanthophloea: yellow-fever tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Albizia: silk trees and false acacias; Albizia julibrissin: silk tree; Persian silk tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) 345 Albizia lebbeck
Another ornamental acacia is the fever tree. Southern European florists use A. baileyana, A. dealbata, A. pycnantha and A. retinodes as cut flowers and the common name there for them is mimosa. [28] Ornamental species of acacias are also used by homeowners and landscape architects for home security. The sharp thorns of some species are a ...
Vachellia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, commonly known as thorn trees or acacias.It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae.Its species were considered members of genus Acacia until 2009.
Acacia, commonly known as wattles [3] [4] or acacias, is a genus of about 1,084 species of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae.
A seedpod from an invasive earleaf acacia tree shown Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, at the UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center in St. Lucie County. Earleaf acacia was introduced into ...
Proposal 1584 on Acacia Taxon, Volume 53, Number 3, 1 August 2004, pp. 826–829 List of Acacia Species in the U.S. [ permanent dead link ] Seigler et al ., Mariosousa , a New Segregate Genus from Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) from Central and North America, Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 413–420
This forest type occurs along natural waterways, even in dry areas that would not normally support forest. Trees found here include; Ficus sycomorus, Ficus polita, quinine tree (Rauvolfia afra) and fever tree (Acacia xanthophloea). These forests are vulnerable to flooding and many were destroyed by Cyclone Domoina.