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Acacia seyal

thirty thorn

Other common names
whistling tree
gum arabic tree
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Botanical details
Family
Fabaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Acacia

Genus description

Acacia can be deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs or climbers, with alternate, pinnately divided leaves or simple modified leaf-like stalks (phyllodes), and tiny, sometimes fragrant, flowers in short spikes, or in racemes or spikes of spherical heads

Name status

Correct

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