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African
Sickle
Bush
/
Princess
Earrings
Tree
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wright &
Arn.
di-CROW-stay-cheese
sin-AIR-ee-ah
Mimosaceae (Legumes)
Key to
Dichrostachys
Explanation
of name:
From dichrous, 2 colors, and stachy which refers to a spike of
flowers (STE). Ciner means ash colored.
Natural
range:
Africa and Asia (PBCC, ISE, BA2)
Recognition:
Armed pubescent shrub with spurs terminating as thorns. Leaves bipinnate with
6-14 pairs of pinnae and 16-22 pairs of oblong small leaflets. Lower flowers
yellowish green and fertile; upper flowers pinkish and sterile. Fruit oblong
legume, contorted at maturity, to 4" long (ISE, BA2, PBCC)
Landscape
uses:
Small thorny specimen tree/shrub with novel flowers
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Botanical |
English |
FL
Native |
Growth form |
Flowering
Season |
Typical
Dimensions |
Suggested
Spacing |
Cultural
Conditions |
Problems |
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Dichrostachys cinerea |
African sickle bush |
Exotic |
Shrub |
FA
(PBCC) |
to 20' tall
(PBCC)
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DR
DT
SU
(PBCC) |
A serious pest in Cuba (BA2)
Invasive
(PBCC)
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