An evergreen small tree or large shrub ; up to 2 m tall , with rounded crown and grey , fissured bark . Stems many ; young branchlets brownish , glabrous ; prickles paired , up to 5 mm , curved downwards , dark reddish-brown . Leaves in fascicles of 1-2 , each with 3 pairs of pinnae ; leaflets 2-3 pairs , 4-5 mm , oblong to obovate . Inflorescences in up to 4 cm long racemose spike . Flowers pale yellow , fragrant ; calyx ± 1 . 5 mm , 5-lobed ; corolla 1 . 5-2 mm , reddish ; stamens many , exserted . Fruit pod , 2 . 5-5 x 0 . 9-1 . 4 cm , flattened , straw-coloured to pale-brown , dehiscent , 2-seeded . Seeds ± 5 mm , ovoid , brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Acacia laeta R.Br. & Benth.
Acacia modesta var. laeta (R.Br. ex Benth.) Roberty
Acacia senegal var. laeta (R.Br. ex Benth.) Roberty
Acacia trentiniani A.Chev.
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Black-Hooked Acacia
The Gay Acacia
Not recorded yet
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5.
