Acacia spp. - Acacia

Acacias are trees and shrubs found in warm climates. They are valued for their ornamental beauty, wood, and gum (gum arabic). Some species also have traditional medicinal uses and play a role in nitrogen fixation, improving soil fertility.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Hardiness zone 12¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Wood¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Tree
• Shrub

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer²
• Attracting beneficial insects³

Footnotes

1. Acacia senegal | PFAF Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩

3. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 10-1 ↩