Vachellia farnesiana - Cassie

Cassie (Vachellia farnesiana), also known as sweet acacia, is a thorny, nitrogen-fixing deciduous shrub thought to be native to tropical America and now naturalized across warm regions worldwide.¹ Its fragrant yellow flowers are distilled into the perfume ingredient also called cassie, and its young leaflets, flowers, and green pods are edible when cooked.¹ It grows up to 9 m tall.¹

Inputs

• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Perfume¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer¹
• Attracting bees¹
• Hedge¹
• Windbreak¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	up to 9

Footnotes

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