Senegalia mellifera

Botanical Description

Acacia mellifera is a low branched, very spiny shrub or tree with a more or less spherical crown; it rarely grows more than 5 - 6 metres tall, though can occasionally reach 9 metres[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 325 Title Seed Leaflets Publication Author Various Website http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title Publisher Forest & Landscape. Denmark Year 0 ISBN Description A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant. , 774 Title Trees and Shrubs of the Sahel. Their Characteristics and Uses. Publication Author von Maydell H. Publisher Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit; Germany Year 1990 ISBN 3-8236-1198-4 Description A well-researched book, usually with more than one photograph of each species and good information on the plant and its uses. ]. The tree is heavily armed with pairs of thorns that are small, black, sharp and hooked - the tree having the reputation of being one of the most vicious of all the thorny acacias[ 325 Title Seed Leaflets Publication Author Various Website http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title Publisher Forest & Landscape. Denmark Year 0 ISBN Description A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant. , 1296 Title Trees and Shrubs of the Okavango Delta; Medicinal Uses and Nutritional Value Publication The Shell Field Guide Series: Part 1 Author Roodt V. Publisher Shell Oil Botswana (Pty) Ltd; Gaborone, Botswana Year 1998 ISBN 99912-0-241-2 Description A concise guide to some of the trees and shrubs of Botswana, often giving some of the plant's uses. ]. The plant has a number of local uses, but is valued mainly for its gum, which is edible and has a number of other applications. The plant can be grown as a wind shelter and soil stabilizer.