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Parkinsonia africana
Also called Wild Greenhair Tree, African Greenhair Tree, Green Hair Thorn, Greenhair Thorn, Wild Green Hair Tree
Parkinsonia africana, the green-hair tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern Angola, Botswana, and Namibia, and the Cape Provinces and Northern Provinces of South Africa. It is a bush growing 1–3m tall with green bark that allows for photosynthesis when the leaves are shed. It produces yellow flowers and yellow to brown pods. The wood does not crack when hot and is used to make smoking pipes.
P. africana is widespread in Namibia and South Africa and likely also occurs in Botswana, though it has not yet been recorded there. Within South Africa it is known from the Northern Cape and North West provinces. It grows in desert or semi-desert habitats, and is often found on sandy plains near waterways.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parkinsonia africana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
