A compact spreading plant producing fragrant violet flowers
Some species have been developed as popular horticultural items because of their attractive yellow
referring to the African ape that consumes the corms of plants in the genus
Copes well in both semi sunny and sunny environments
with the most ripe being sweeter than younger ones
Vachellia / Acacia nilotica - Egyptian Thorn Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds Herb A compact spreading plant producingAcacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. Acacia nilotica is a tree 520 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems and branches usually dark to black coloured, fissured bark, grey pinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum. The tree has thin, straight, light, grey spines in axillary pairs, usually in 3 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7. 5 cm long in young trees, mature trees commonly without thorns. The