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Parkinsonia africana
About
Parkinsonia africana, the green-hair tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern Angola, Botswana, and Namibia, and the Cape Provinces and Northern Provinces of South Africa. It is a bush growing 1–3m tall with green bark that allows for photosynthesis when the leaves are shed. It produces yellow flowers and yellow to brown pods. The wood does not crack when hot and is used to make smoking pipes.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Parkinsonia africana
- Slug
- parkinsonia-africana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Parkinsonia
- Species
- africana
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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