Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze

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Photo: David Hartung
Steppes Road, Harare, opposite Blue Kerry

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Steppes Road, Harare, opposite Blue Kerry

Synonyms:	Acacia angulosa Bertol. Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose
Common names:	Fern acacia (English) Fernleaf acacia (English) Prairie acacia (English) White ball acacia (English)
Description:	Unarmed shrub or small tree mostly 2-7 m tall with a single short trunk. It exhibits great variation in pubescence, size and venation of the leaflets and size of flowers and heads. Leaves are mostly asymmetric with a displaced mid-vein, 10-25 cm long, with 10-20 pairs of pinnae; leaflets without secondary venation. Inflorescences are ± spherical the flowers borne in lax clusters in whitish heads 1-1.5 cm in diameter, the turning pinkish to dull orange when dried. Pod oblong, 3-6 cm × 6-9 mm wide, with straight or sinuate margins, initially green, turning brown as they ripen.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	angustissima: very narrow, possibly referring to the leaflets.
Flowering time:	March
Worldwide distribution:	Native from central and southern USA to north-western Argentina.
Growth form(s):
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Sunday 2 August 2015
Literature:	Orwa, C. et al. (2009). Acacia angustissima Agroforestree Database: a tree reference and selection guide version 4.0. Published on the internet: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sites/treedbs/treedatabases.asp Pages 1 - 5. (Includes a picture).

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