Vachellia abyssinica
Species of legume
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Vachellia abyssinica, the flat top acacia, is a tree up to 16 m (52 ft) tall.
| Vachellia abyssinica | |
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| An umbrella acacia (Vachellia tortilis), right, and a flat top acacia (Vachellia abyssinica), left. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Vachellia |
| Species: | V. abyssinica |
| Binomial name | |
| Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex. Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.[1] | |
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Description
Its bark is reddish-brown on older trees. On younger trees it is pale yellowish-brown, peeling off in papery wads. Young twigs are softly hairy. The thorns are aligned in straight pairs at nodes. Leaves are in pinnae pairs of 20-40; the leaflets are very small, up to 4 × 0.75 mm. The inflorescence is arranged in white spherical heads. The involucel is located in the lower half of the peduncle. The seed pods are dehiscent.[2]