Vachellia / Acacia karroo - Sweet Thorn Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds Unique

Vachellia / Acacia karroo - Sweet Thorn Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds UniqueAcacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. A shrub or small to medium sized tree which grows to height of 12m. Acacia Karoo has a rounded crown, branching fairly low down on the trunk. It is variable in shape and size, reaching a maximum of about 12m where there is good water. The bark is red on young branches, darkening and becoming rough with age. Sometimes an attractive reddish colour can be

frequently yellow

Strongly scented yellow flowers are a feature of this stumpy bulbous plant

branched panicle of flowers to 1m

Growing up to 15cm and flowering with mauve and yellow flowers

They form small clumps of a few or many paired

Some of the plants are alternatively placed in the genus Venidium

but in juvenile plants the leaves are ranked in vertical rows

along the edge

seed and embryo which looks like in all details to Astrophytum capricorne

The crown is often densely rounded as a result of the repeatedly forked branches

Nymphaea (Egyptian lotuses) are also not related to the Chinese and Indian lotus of genus Nelumbo

Aloe is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants