Mazhar Botanic Garden

Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso

Cockspur thorn

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Vachellia
Species: karroo
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000944
Common name: Cockspur thorn
English name: Karoo thorn
Native: Southern Africa. South Africa
Country: Southern africa
(PGR): Rare

Shrub or small tree  grow 12 m tall the formidable thorns greyish  to white, straight, 25 cm long  leaves dark green flower yellow fruit narrow, flat

edible gum. fibre. wood. cultivated in Asia, Australia, Mediterranean region. useful as forage and fodder for domestic and wild animals firewood and charcoal. the root used medicinally. 

Acacia karo Hayne

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Texture: Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late spring
Zone: 9 : 11
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Sample Type: Wild
Collecting Sources: Desert
Plant Uses: Food Forage Furniture Gum Medicinal Timber Traditional medicine
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Tropical evergreen forest

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