Acacia Xanthophloea Bonsai

The beautiful form of this striking indigenous tree and its unusual sulphur yellow bark makes it easily identifiable in the wild.
Acacia xanthophloea bonsai. This is a popular bonsai subject. The bark is used as a good luck charm and it is used medicinally mixed with dried roots to treat malaria and to treat fevers and eye complaints and the bark is rolled into small balls and chewed for a cough and sore throat. L c least concern. Xanthos yellow and phloios bark.
These taller than wide trees photo 276 range up to 30m high and have big spreading branches. Acacia xanthophloea by merle addison. Fabaceae or leguminosae legume or pod bearing family. Vachellia xanthophloea previously acacia xanthophloea common name.
Fever tree koorsboom umhlosinga mosetlha munzhelenga sa tree no. This family is also divided into 3 subfamilies. Available on the do s and don ts and which sub species are best suited to bonsai. The acacia is a widely used species for bonsai and there is a lot of excellent information.
Mimosa or acacia subfamily cassia and pea. Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the family fabaceae commonly known in english as the fever tree. The species of the genus vachellia were considered members of the genus acacia until 2005. Maguire the fever tree can be found growing in groups in the low lying sub tropical swampy areas of the northern province kwazulu natal and mpumalanga.
It is a species that can achieve a resonable bonsai in a fairly short time frame. The impressive trunk diameter in the photo taken at lowveld botanical gardens is close to 1m wide.