Vachellia / Acacia nilotica - Egyptian Thorn Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds Herb usually in dry or semi-dry

usually in dry or semi-dry habitats

Copes well in both semi sunny and sunny environments

yellowish flowers in Autumn

with the most ripe being sweeter than younger ones

A compact spreading plant producing fragrant violet flowers

Vachellia / Acacia nilotica - Egyptian Thorn Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds Herb usually in dry or semi-dryAcacia 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