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Acacia podalyriifolia (Pearl acacia, Vaalmimosa)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Genus: Acacia

Acacia podalyriifolia (Pearl acacia, Vaalmimosa) Acacia podalyriifolia (Pearl acacia, Vaalmimosa)

Acacia podalyriifolia, Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Acacia melanoxylon, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Native to eastern Australia. A Category 3 invasive plant in South Africa.

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