Acacia Xanthophloea Bonsai
2 this species of vachellia is native to eastern and southern africa botswana kenya malawi mozambique somalia south africa eswatini tanzania zambia zimbabwe.
Acacia xanthophloea bonsai. The bark is used as a good luck charm and it is used medicinally mixed with dried roots to treat malaria and to treat fevers and eye complaints and the bark is rolled into small balls and chewed for a cough and sore throat. L c least concern. Refers to the yellow bark. These taller than wide trees photo 276 range up to 30m high and have big spreading branches.
Vachellia xanthophloea previously acacia xanthophloea common name. Branches are used to protect fields from hippo. The impressive trunk diameter in the photo taken at lowveld botanical gardens is close to 1m wide. Fabaceae or leguminosae legume or pod bearing family.
Available on the do s and don ts and which sub species are best suited to bonsai. Maguire the fever tree can be found growing in groups in the low lying sub tropical swampy areas of the northern province kwazulu natal and mpumalanga. The species of the genus vachellia were considered members of the genus acacia until 2005. This family is also divided into 3 subfamilies.
It is a species that can achieve a resonable bonsai in a fairly short time frame. Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the family fabaceae commonly known in english as the fever tree. The acacia is a widely used species for bonsai and there is a lot of excellent information. Mimosa or acacia subfamily cassia and pea.
Fever tree koorsboom umhlosinga mosetlha munzhelenga sa tree no. The beautiful form of this striking indigenous tree and its unusual sulphur yellow bark makes it easily identifiable in the wild.