Vachellia / Acacia tortilis - Israeli Babool Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds Mild Chilli A short stem with leaves

A short stem with leaves in rosettes and red flowers with green tips flowering over the winter

The family is in the monocot order Asparagales

coral-red flowers powdery bloom in Winter

first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773

This species is a conspicuous component of the arid parts generally known as Namaqualand and Bushman land

Vachellia / Acacia tortilis - Israeli Babool Tree - Indigenous South African Tree - 10 Seeds Mild Chilli A short stem with leavesAcacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not. They are pod bearing, with sap and leaves typically bearing large amounts of tannins and condensed tannins that historically in many species found use as pharmaceuticals and