Family: Fabaceae

Genus: Senegalia

Species: laeta

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000902

Common name: Black-hooked acacia

English name: Gay Acacia

Native: Africa- Sahara as far south as Tanzania, the Middle East, and Western Asia

Country: Africa Middle East Tanzania Western Sahara

(PGR): Wild plant

Shrub or small tree growing about 4-10 m tall rounded crown and a fissured, grey-green bark that seems to be black when seen from a distance leaves bipinnate with 2-5 pairs of pinnae, leaflets obovate-elliptic or oblong inflorescence is a racemose spike, 3-8 cm long, flowers very fragrant yellow, white or cream fruit pale brown leathery, very flat, dehiscent pods 35-8 cm long, 28 cm broad

Ornamental plant. Timber tree. edible gum and tannins. The resin obtained from the trunk is important in the food industry, where it is used as an emulsifier, stabilizer and flavour fixative. The tree can tolerate repeated browsing giving it a good potential as a hedging tree.

Acacia laeta RBr ex Benth

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Texture: Clay Sandy Sandy loam

Fertility: Intermediate

Drainage: Well drained

Topography: Desert

Salinity: Intermediated

Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant

Climates: Subtropics Tropical

Lights: Full sun

Propagation: Seeds

Flowering time: Spring - summer

Zone: 9 : 11

pH range: 6.1-7.8

Status: Common

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Evergreen (tree)

Sample Type: Wild

Collecting Sources: Desert

Plant Uses: Edible Fodder Forage Gum Medicinal Ornamental

Plant Populations density: Scatter

Vegetation types: Desert and other sparsely vegetation areas

pH: Mild alkaline Neutral