Fabaceae FAMILY

Vachellia tomentosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Especially in times of drought, many Acacia species can concentrate high levels of the toxin Hydrogen cyanide in their foliage, making them dangerous for herbivores to eat.

Botanical Description

Vachellia tomentosa is a deciduous shrub or small tree with an umbrella-shaped crown; it usually grows 5 - 10 metres tall, occasionally to 15 metres. The bole is up to 50cm in diameter[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a rough rope and source of wood. It is grown as a low shrub to provide ground cover and green manure material. It is also planted along roads and on dikelets between ricefields[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatSavannah, teak-forest, brushwood, areas close to the beach; at elevations from sea-level up to 500 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].