This beautiful shrub to small tree is the most common naturally occurring vachellia in the Free State National Botanical Garden.
Usually a shrub, branching near ground level, often forming thickets. Bark dark grey, fissured, flaking; young branches densely greyish hairy. Spines paired, ...
Acacia hebeclada (Vachellia hebeclada)is a hardy, small to medium-sized, spreading, deciduous tree or large shrub with paired, sharp spines. The dark brown to grey bark is fissured and flaking. Birds, such as the Red-billed Wood Hoopoe, enjoy probing under the bark for insects.
A low growing shrub at the high flood zone, or a small tree up to 7 m tall on higher ground of alluvial terraces. Spines stipular, paired, mostly recurved, or ...
A small shrub growing up to 1.5 metres tall, whilst the subspecies chobiensis is a large, thicket-forming shrub or small tree growing up to 3 metres.
Acacia hebeclada
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What is the common name for acacia hebeclada?
The large, distinctive pods stand upright and persist on the plant for a few seasons, hence the common name 'Candle Thorn'. An ideal addition to a security hedge because of its height and ferocious thorns.
Is acacia an invasive tree?
This tree grows fast and tall, up to 148 ft. (45 m) tall. It tolerates a wide range of conditions and soils but grows better in colder climates. It invades areas such as natural vegetation, commercial timber plantations and farmland.
What is the common name for acacia?
Acacia, commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about 1,084 species of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae.
What is special about acacia?
The bark of most acacias is rich in tannin, which is used in tanning and in dyes, inks, pharmaceuticals, and other products. Several Australian acacias are valuable sources of tannin, among them the golden wattle (A. pycnantha), the green wattle (A. decurrens), and the silver wattle (A.
This tree survives drought & cold. Has dry flaking bark & may reach 5m+ high. Small, bipinnate Leaves have small leaflets and paired spinescent stipules.
A low growing shrub at the high flood zone, or a small tree up to 7 m tall on higher ground of alluvial terraces. Spines stipular, paired, mostly recurved, or ...
A shrub to a small tree up to 6 m tall. It branches start very near the ground. The bark is dark grey and flaky. The leaves are small and feathery, with the ...
Infraspecies Acacia hebeclada hebeclada (Candle thorn) · kingdom: Plantae · - phylum: Tracheophyta · -- class: Magnoliopsida · --- order: Fabales · ---- family: ...
