Dichrostachys Cinerea Bonsai

It produces attractive fragrant flowers all year round.

Dichrostachys cinerea bonsai. Dichrostachys cinerea is a deciduous or semi deciduous shrub or small tree with an open crown. Dichrostachys cinerea is a semi deciduous to deciduous tree characterized by bark on young branches dark grey brown fissures on older branches and stems and smooth on the spines. They typically grow up to 7 metres 23 ft in height and have strong alternate thorns generally up to 8 cm 3 1 in long. Its thin trunk produces a rough and often fissured bark.

The stems are often twisted and twined together. Pink and yellow blooms resemble precious earrings hanging from a tree hence one of the common names princess earrings. 2 colour spike referring to the flowers. It is also used to make tool handles milk pots smoking jars and fibre from the bark.

Dichrostachys cinerea makes impressive bonsai specimens. In the wild it ranges from 5 23 ft. The hard and durable wood is also termite resistant making it ideal for fence posts. It is also known as bell mimosa chinese lantern or rabbit s foot acacia.

The delicate pink and yellow inflorescens resembles precious earrings hanging from a tree. The word dichrostachys means 2 colored spike and cinerea refers to its greyish hairs. 2009 raimondo et al. The flower starts off pink and the next day it fades to white.

South africa size. Sickle bush bonsai tree scientific name dichrostachys cinerea is native mostly to africa and parts of southeast asia. In height and it bears a resemblance to an acacia. It is semi deciduous or deciduous tree covered with spines or thorns and usually grows about 7 m in height.

A small tree very suitable for pot culture and bonsai. Dichrostachys cinerea is a long lived spiny moderate sized old world legume that may be just the thing to add something unusual to your yard. Dichrostachys cinerea or marabou thorn is a legume characterized by its two coloured inflorescence native to africa but can now be found in india the caribbean and parts of southeast asia. Cinerea grey haired.

Dichrostachys cinerea princess earrings. It can grow from 1 8 metres tall with occasional specimens to 12 metres 328 african flowering plants database. Acacia engleri acacia spinose cailliea dichrostachys desmanthus leptostachys desmanthus nutans desmanthus trichostachys dichrostachys caffra dichrostachys lugardiae dichrostachys nutans. Up to 20 light.

Young twigs are slightly hairy. It bears edible fruits and seeds. The delicate pink and yellow inflorescens resembles precious earrings hanging from a tree. Cinera is the only species in southern africa.