Large shrub ; up to 1 m tall , with flat-topped crown . Stems much-branched , branching from the base ; young branchlets greyish-white to yellowish green , glabrous to spreading pubescent ; bark brown-white , fissured ; spines stipular , paired , straight or slightly curved , grey . Leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinnae ; leaflets 3-16 pairs , ± 0 . 5-0 . 75 mm , oblong . Inflorescences of globose heads , 1-1 . 5 cm in diameter , shortly pedunculate , pubescent . Flowers cream to pale yellow ; calyx ± 1 mm , 5-lobed ; corolla 2-3 mm . Fruit pod , 4-6 x 1-1 . 5 cm , slightly constricted in between the seeds , greenish brown , pubscent , dehiscent , 2-4-seeded . Seeds 5-6 mm , ovoid , shallowly and closely wrinkled , brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Acacia oerfota (Forssk.) Schweinf.
Mimosa oerfota Forssk.
This tree is propagated by seeds. Steps to follow: • Sow collected seeds in seed tray filled with 3 peat moss: 1 compost, 5 cm apart. • Irrigate the seed tray three times a week. • Germination commences after 21 days. Seed germination of this species is low and average germination is around 9%.
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Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "Acacia oerfota, which is relatively rare in Dhofar and tends to be the smallest of the Dhofar acacias, grows in a stunted and prostrate fashion with vicious thorns. It is easily distinguished in the field by the unpleasant smell released when a twig is broken off or crushed. Livestock on the whole avoid it except in times of exceptional hunger. It produces small droplets of resin which are neither edible nor of benefit medicinally. Its usefulness lay in the new growth tips, which were collected, crushed and ground on a flat stone to a paste which was smeared on a fresh hide to loosen the hair prior to the tanning process, occasionally in conjunction with the crushed leaves and stems of Pergularia spp. Other methods were also employed: the crushed twigs and leaves were rubbed into the skin or hide with plenty of salt
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*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 *https://en.wiktionary.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.
