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Acacia farnesiana
cassie
Other common names
huisachemimosa bush
see moreopopanax
popinac
scented wattle
sponge tree
sweet acacia
West Indian buckthorn
sweet wattle
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Botanical details
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Acacia
- Genus description
Acacia can be deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs or climbers, with alternate, pinnately divided leaves or simple modified leaf-like stalks (phyllodes), and tiny, sometimes fragrant, flowers in short spikes, or in racemes or spikes of spherical heads
- Name status
Correct
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