Acacia laeta, Gay Acacia
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| | Scientific name: |
| Acacia laeta |
| Common name |
| Gay Acacia |
| Hebrew name: |
| שיטה רעננה |
| Family, משפחה: |
| Mimosaceae, שיטיים |
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| | Life form (Raunkiaer), צורת חיים: |
| shrub or small tree 4-10 m tall, a rounded crown |
| Leaves, עלים: |
| 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, פרחים: |
| Flowers are very fragrant and white-cream in colour, set out in 3-8 cm long spikes, pedunculate and disposed in triplets. |
| Petal color, צבע הכותרת או העטיף: |
| white-cream |
| Fruits: |
| Fruit a pale brown leathery pod, 3.5-8 x 1.7-2.8 cm, oblong, rounded to acuminate at apex, with lateral veins, dehiscent, apiculate, very flat, constricted with thickened margin, solitary or borne in tufts. Seeds few, subcircular to lenticular, 8-10 mm in diameter. |
| Flowering Period, חודשי הפריחה: |
| March, April |
| Habitat, בית גידול: |
| Desert | | Distribution, תפוצה בישראל: |
| Deserts and extreme deserts, Dead Sea Valley |
| Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה: |
| Sudani |
| Summer shedding, הסרת הנוף בעונה הקשה: |
| Perenating |
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