TREES

Plant Name:

ACACIA ARABICA

Description:

 

A Tree 5-20 m high tree with a dense spherical  crown, Stems and branchlets are usually dark to black colored, fissured bark with grey-pinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum. Thin, straight, light grey spines in axillary pairs, usually in 3 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7.5 cm long in young trees but mature trees are commonly without thorns.

SYNOPSIS
Mature Size / Spread / Form   7 - 12m / Rounded crown
Foliage Color Dull green / Golden yellow
Growth Rate Fast
Sunlight tolerance High
Wind tolerance High
Salinity tolerance High
Drought tolerance High
Family name LEGUMINOSAE  (sub. MIMOSOIDEAE)