Vachellia / Acacia tortilis - Israeli Babool Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds Unique

Vachellia / Acacia tortilis - Israeli Babool Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds UniqueAcacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not. They are pod bearing, with sap and leaves typically bearing large amounts of tannins and condensed tannins that historically in many species found use as pharmaceuticals and

and is common in South Africa's Cape Province

Fruiting capsule has many black seeds

small bluish-green leaves

Season to Sow - Autumn

The flowers which appear in spring and summer

Acacia Swazica is a slender shrub / tree growing 2m to 3m tall

It makes a very good bonsai specimen and is quick growing

stems and branches usually dark to black coloured

cymes of yellow flowers

reaching a maximum of about 12m where there is good water

dense pink to bright red flowers with yellowish mouths in Winter

brownish leaves with dry twisted tips