Acacia laeta, Gay Acacia,
שיטה רעננה
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| | Scientific name: |
| Acacia laeta Bentham |
| Common name: |
| Gay Acacia |
| Hebrew name: |
| שיטה רעננה |
| Family, משפחה: |
| Mimosaceae, שיטיים |
Date Picture Taken: May 10, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Tree |
| Leaves: |
| Bipinnate with 3-5 pairs of fairly large pinnate leaflets and 2-5 pairs of pinnae, the leaflets being clearly separate from each other and asymetric. Thorns in pairs of recurved axillary prickles, with sometimes a third prickle recurved forward, when the latter is missing it is replaced by a leaf. |
| Flowers: |
| Flowers are very fragrant and white-cream in colour, set out in 3-8 cm long spikes, pedunculate and disposed in triplets |
| Fruits: |
| Fruit a pale brown leathery pod |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Desert, Thermophilous plants |
| Distribution: |
| Deserts and extreme deserts, Dead Sea Valley |
| Chorotype: |
| Sudani |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
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Derivation of the botanical name:
Acacia, from the Greek word akis, meaning a point or a barb.
laeta, laetus, "joyful, cheerful, happy."
- The standard author abbreviation Benth. is used to indicate George Bentham (1800–1884),an English botanist.
Date Picture Taken: May 4, 2007
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