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  • COMMON NAME: Thorn Acacia
  • ARABIC: السلم، طلح
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne
  • SYNONYMS: A. Flava (forssk.)
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Landscape (L) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Tree
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. Efforts are in place to protect the habitats where this species is found. Distinguishing characteristic: leaves with only two of pinnae.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/acacia_ehrenbergiana.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Moderately salt tolerant. Livestock feed (camels, goats and sheep). Honey nectar plants. "Acacia honey" from the nectar. Used for treating paralysis by passing the smoke of burning wood over affected limb. has many folk medicinal uses. Ornamental plant.

Small tree or larrge desert shrub, up to 3 meter, glabrescent, branches many from the base. Spines usually straight, whitish, 2-4 cm long. Leaves mostly with 1-2 pairs of pinnae; leaflets 6-9 pairs, 2-3 mm long. Flowers yellow, fragrant, appearing before the leaves, in globular heads on peduncles 1-2 cm long, solitary or clustered in the axils. Legume glabrous, 4-8 cm long, falcate, constricted between the seeds. Flowering from April- May.  

sandy and gravelly soil.
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