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Collection/Aromita
Aromita botanical plate
Plate · drawn for the register, 2026Vachellia aroma
Tree

Aromita

Vachellia aroma (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Seigler & Ebinger
FamilyFabaceae
EspañolÁroma
AlsoAroma

A spiny shrub or small tree of the acacia group that grows in the seasonally dry tropics of South America. Like its close relative the sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), it belongs to a group of thorny legumes with finely divided bipinnate leaves and small, fragrant, golden-yellow flowers gathered in round heads, the source of the Spanish name 'aromo'.

Sourced · see Record tab Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List, per GBIF. · IUCN
2on the estate
0carrying a tag
0sponsored
TagGarden areaZonePlantedStatusSponsoredNote
South Hill Side5 July 2019PlantedYellow Flowers, Thorns, honey bees, firewood
South Hill Side5 July 2019PlantedYellow Flowers, Thorns, honey bees, firewood

2 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.

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