Acacia
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Encyclopedia article on Acacia, a genus of leguminous shrubs and trees with about 450 species in warm regions, especially Australia and Africa. It covers leaf structure, gum arabic, catechu (cutch), tannin-rich barks and pods, timber species, spines and ant associations, and the confusion with Robinia (false acacia). It includes a botanical illustration of a flowering branch of Acacia Senegal.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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