Gum Arabic Tree (Acacia Arabica) 7 seeds

It is a tree 5-20 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems and branches usually dark to black coloured, fissured bark, grey-pinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum. The tree has thin, straight, light, grey spines in axillary pairs, usually in 3 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7.5 cm long in young trees, mature trees commonly without thorns. The leaves are bipinnate, with 3-6 pairs of pinnulae and 10-30 pairs of leaflets each, tomentose, rachis with a gland at the bottom of the last pair of pinnulae. Flowers in globulous heads 1.2-1.5 cm in diameter of a bright golden-yellow color, set up either axillary or whorly on peduncles 2-3 cm long located at the end of the branches.

Genus - Acacia
Species - Arabica
Common name - Gum Arabic Tree
Pre-Treatment - Not-required
Hardiness zones - 9 - 10
Height - 20m
Spread - 10m
Plant type - Large Tree
Vegetation type - Evergreen
Exposure - Full Sun
Growth rate - Medium
Water requirements - Average Water
Landscape uses - Feature Plant
Germination rate - 75%
Leaf / Flower color - Green / Golden yellow