Common Name: aroma
Family: Fabaceae
Common Synonyms: Dichrostachys cinerea
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8a - 11
Growth Habit: Tree
Origin: Africa
FISC Category: -
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: specimen vouchered in 1929
IFAS Assessment:
Semi-deciduous tree to 7 m tall. Bark brown except on new branches where it is green and hairy. Alternate spines up to 8 cm long, recurved. Leaves bipinnate, dark green above, pale below, leaflets and stalks hairy. Flowers in a pink hanging spike of dense flowers (bottlebrush-like). Fruit a narrow pod, yellow to brown, twisted, 10 cm long with 4 black seeds.
Hydric hammock
Vouchered in several counties from Monroe north to Dade, Palm Beach, and Polk. Grows in dense thickets via root suckering. Not tolerant of frost or waterlogging. Vouchered in several counties from Monroe north to Dade, Palm Beach, and Polk. Grows in dense thickets via root suckering. Not tolerant of frost or waterlogging.
No specific recommendations available.
Dave's Garden. 2013. PlantFiles: Sickle bush, princess earrings, Kalahari Christmas tree, Marabou thorn, Dichrostachys cinerea. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/89130/. Accessed on December 3, 2013.
World Agroforestry Center. 2013. Dichrostachys cinerea. http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/speciesprofile.php?Spid=675. Accessed on December 9, 2013.