General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 10 - 30 feet
Plant Spread: 10 - 30 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic

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Common names
  • Whistling Thorn
  • Ant-Gall Acacia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Vachellia drepanolobium
  • Synonym: Acacia drepanolobium

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Location: South of Nairobi, Kenya
Date: November 1996

Date: August
credit: Nevit Dilmen
Location: Nanyuki, Kenya
Date: July
credit: Chr. Kooyman
Location: Nanyuki, Kenya
Date: July
credit: Chr. Kooyman

Photo by Haplochromis
Location: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, NW of the caldera
Photo by Pharaoh han, Crematogaster nigriceps ants in defensive d

Photo by Roger Culos, Nominated as the most valued image on Commo
Location: Simba Farm on the western slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro
Date: 1-2017
Photo by Marcjuul
Location:  near Nanyuki, Kenya
Date: 2006-12-22
Photo by Chr. Kooyman

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