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Acacia heterophylla

Acacia heterophylla
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0

Acacia heterophylla, known as tamarin des hauts or highland tamarind, is an evergreen tree or sometimes a shrub from Hawaii, Mauritius and Réunion. It is grown mainly as a shade or ornamental tree in mild, frost-free, seasonally dry climates.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when young, then allow soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil or sandy loam; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mascarenes, Hawaiian Is.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia heterophylla, commonly known as tamarin des hauts, (highland tamarind), is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Hawaii, Mauritius and Réunion. It is a shrub or tree with fissured bark, flattened phyllodes, spherical heads of pale yellow flowers and flat pods.

Other Acacia plants

Acacia abbatiana · Acacia abbreviata · Acacia abrupta · Acacia acanthaster · Harrow Wattle · Acacia acellerata · Gold-dust acacia · Acacia aciphylla · Acacia acoma · Acacia acradenia · Strap Leaved Wattle · Acacia acuaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia heterophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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