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Vachellia farnesiana (Ellington curse; Klu; Small's acacia; Sweet acacia; Klu bush; kandaroma; Aweet acadia; Opoponax; Fragrant Acacia; texas huisache; Sponge Tree; Mimosa; Prickly Moses; Dead Finish; Mimosa bush; Acacia jaune; Needle bush; Wild Briar; Thorny Feather-wattle; Thorny Acacia; Sweet Cassia; Sponge Wattle; Sheep's Briar; Prickly Mimosa Bush; Opopanax; North-west Curara; Mimosa Wattle; Farnese Wattle; Cassie Flower; Aroma Amarilla; Acacia Odorant)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Vachellia farnesiana, also known as Acacia farnesiana, and previously Mimosa farnesiana, commonly known as sweet acacia, huisache or needle bush, is so named because of the numerous thorns distributed along its branches. The native range of V. farnesiana is uncertain. While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America, the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating northern Australia and southern Asia. It remains unclear whether the extra-American distribution is primarily natural or anthropogenic. It is deciduous over part of its range, but evergreen in most locales. The species grows to a height of up to 8 m (26 ft) and has a lifespan of about 25–50 years.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The seeds, containing an unnamed alkaloid, are used to kill rabid dogs in Brazil;
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Scent [2]  An essential oil is obtained from the violet-scented flowers.
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  An essential oil called Cassie is distilled from the flowers; Cassie absolute is employed in preparation of violet bouquets and is extensively used in European perfumery; Cassie pomades are manufactured in Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab. A deliciously scented essential oil, it has a fragrance of violets; A mature plant 10 years old can yield 9 kg of flowers each year; In a suitable climate, the trees begin to flower from their third year. The perfume is extracted from the flowers in form of concrete or pomade. Macerated flowers are placed in melted purified natural fat and allowed to stand for several hours. They are then replaced by fresh flowers and the process repeated until the fat is saturated with perfume. The fat is then melted, strained and cooled. This constitutes the pomade. Odour is that of violets but more intense. Absolute is prepared by mixing pomade with alcohol (2 - 3 kg to about 4 litres) and allowed to stand for 3 - 4 weeks at about -5
Height [2]  30 feet (9 m)
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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
7Spermophilus adocetus, Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 504, pp. 1-4 (1995)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0