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Vachellia pennivenia

Vachellia pennivenia
Photo: John Nugent Fitch, Public domain

Vachellia pennivenia is a drought-deciduous shrub or small tree from the Fabaceae family, endemic to the Yemeni island of Socotra. It is grown mainly as a specimen or dry-garden plant where it can tolerate hot, dry conditions and frost-free winters.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings, and water very sparingly in winter.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Socotra
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Vachellia pennivenia is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen. It is widespread in drought-deciduous woodland from 50 to 650 metres elevation.

Other Vachellia plants

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vachellia pennivenia 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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