Acacia farnesiana is a large and thorny but evergreen shrub which grows about 15' high. It is also known as Cassie Flower, Sweet Acacia, Huisache and Dev Babhul, It has highly scented flowers. It is very drought resistant. Though mass flowering is in winter, it blooms off and on all year round. Flowers are used to extract scents for cosmetic uses. Yellow globular flowers are borne in clusters.
The pods have a sharp prickle at it lower end. The pod has very tough skin. Seeds are deep brown in colour. It can be propagated with seeds. As the seeds have very hard skin, it is better to soak the seeds in warm water overnight, before sowing. It belongs to It belongs to Family Mimosaceae.
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