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In its original description the Mimosa lebbeck was a large Acacia tree that grew in Egypt. [15] George Bentham placed the species in its present genus , but other authors believed that the plant described by Linnaeus was the related Albizia kalkora as described by Prain (based on the Mimosa kalkora of William Roxburgh ), and erroneously ...
'wood knot'), usually taken from the place where the shoots sprout from the tree's trunk. [42] The householder added thereto a cake of sheep dung and would bury the wood and cake of sheep dung in the midst of the fire, covering them over with a thin layer of ash, so that they would burn slowly and the oven would remain hot for a long time. [42]
Vachellia sieberiana, until recently known as Acacia sieberiana [6] [7] [8], is a tree native to southern Africa and introduced into Pakistan. [5] It is used in many areas for various purposes. The tree varies from 3 to 25 m in height, with a trunk diameter of 0.6 to 1.8 m. [ 9 ]
Vachellia seyal, the red acacia, known also as the shittah tree (the source of shittim wood), is a thorny, 6– to 10-m-high (20 to 30 ft) tree with a pale greenish or reddish bark. At the base of the 3–10 cm (1.2–3.9 in) feathery leaves, two straight, light grey thorns grow to 7–20 cm (2.8–7.9 in) long.
Approximate wood densities of acacia species; Species Density [kg/m³] Heartwood density [kg/m³] Sapwood density [kg/m³] Acacia acuminata: 1040 [1] Acacia ...
Vachellia tortilis, widely known as Acacia tortilis but now attributed to the genus Vachellia, [4] is the umbrella thorn acacia, also known as umbrella thorn and Israeli babool, [5] a medium to large canopied tree native to most of Africa, primarily to the savanna and Sahel of Africa (especially the Somali peninsula and Sudan), but also occurring in the Middle East.
"The wild acacia (Vachellia nilotica), under the name of sunt, everywhere represents the seneh, or senna, of the burning bush. A slightly different form of the tree, equally common under the name of seyal , is the ancient shittah , or, as more usually expressed in the plural form, the shittim , of which the Tabernacle was made."
The point of the nail had olive wood fragments on it indicating that he was crucified on a cross made of olive wood or on an olive tree. Additionally, a piece of acacia wood was located between the bones and the head of the nail, presumably to keep the condemned from freeing his foot by sliding it over the nail. His legs were found broken ...