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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Soil
Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay, Caliche type
Heat Tolerant
yes
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Shrub 1.5–4 m. high., Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
12-36 ft.
Flower
Flowers bright golden-yellow, sweetly scented, in axillary pedunculate heads; involucel at apex of peduncle., Flower 3/8 inch. Sepals 5
Fruit
Pods (Fig. 16/38, p. 67) indehiscent, straight or curved, subterete and turgid, dark brown to blackish, glabrous, finely longitudinally striate, 4–7.5 cm. long, 0.9–1.5(–2) cm. in diameter., Green, Brown, Black 3-8 cm
Benefits
Ornamental
Aromatic
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Taxonomy
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vachellia
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