"Camelthorn (Alhagi pseudalhagi) is a medium-sized, spiny, intricately branched perennial shrub that grows one and a half to three feet t...Read Moreall and two to three feet in diameter...." -UC Davis web page describing the noxious weed by the name 'Camelthorn'.
This doesn't sound like the common tree of South Africa, Acacia Giraffae, described as a 15 ft tree! Is this the same plant? Acacia Giraffae is recognized in Africa as a dryland forage and soil building crop with good overstory uses for dessert areas. The noxious shrub called 'camelthorn', Fabaceae Alhagi pseudalhagithough, though definately related, may only share a common name with the tree that is scientifically named on this page: Acacia Girffae/Acacia erioloba. Can someone more knowledgable than I clarify this?
spiny looking tree with small ovoid leaflets and straight, long seed pods and goldern flowers. I guess Giraffe eat this and that's why i...Read Moret's called what it is? Parts are toxic, though. Also found it on the invasive weed list. Hmmm. Sounds like there are more than one plant name Camelthorn, and this unfortunate, perhaps innocent Acacia, has the same name as some nasty, shrubby weed. That's the problem with common names in biology...
"Camelthorn (Alhagi pseudalhagi) is a medium-sized, spiny, intricately branched perennial shrub that grows one and a half to three feet t...Read More
spiny looking tree with small ovoid leaflets and straight, long seed pods and goldern flowers. I guess Giraffe eat this and that's why i...Read More