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Wikipedia: Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. The plants tend to be thorny and pod-bearing, with sap and leaves typically bearing large amounts of tannins. The generic name derives from ακακία (akakia), the name given by early Greek botanist-physician Pedanius Dioscorides (ca.
![[Acacia koa]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Starr_030405_0092_Acacia_koa_s.jpg "Acacia koa")
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![[Acacia schaffneri wood]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_schaffneri_wood_s.jpg "Acacia schaffneri wood")
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![[Acacia heterophylla Wood]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_heterophylla_wood_xup_s.jpg "Acacia heterophylla Wood")
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![[A picture of Acacia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_Rose_s.jpg "A picture of Acacia")
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from Squady7 |
![[Acacia denticulosa]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_denticulosa_s.jpg "Acacia denticulosa")
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![[Acacia berlandieri bark]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_berlandieri_bark_s.jpg "Acacia berlandieri bark")
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from Photohound |
![[Acacia aneura Bark]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_aneura_bark3_s.jpg "Acacia aneura Bark")
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![[Acacia berlandieri tree]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_berlandieri_habit_s.jpg "Acacia berlandieri tree")
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![[Acacia chundra Photographed at Eastern Ghats of Nellore district, India]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acaciachundra_s.jpg "Acacia chundra Photographed at Eastern Ghats of Nellore district, India")
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![[Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. ex Ait. f. seeds]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acme_001_lhp_s.jpg "Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. ex Ait. f. seeds")
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![[Acacia decurrens (Wendl. f.) Willd. - green wattle seeds]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acde_001_lhp_s.jpg "Acacia decurrens (Wendl. f.) Willd. - green wattle seeds")
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![[Acacia estrophiolata Bark]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_estrophiolata_bark2_s.jpg "Acacia estrophiolata Bark")
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from Dcarlson |
from Photohound |
![[Acacia fimbriata Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_fimbriata_02_s.jpg "Acacia fimbriata Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra")
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![[Acacia heterophylla flowers]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_heterophylla_28flowers_29_2_s.jpg "Acacia heterophylla flowers")
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from Dlanglois |
from B.navez |
![[Acacia heterophylla]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_heterophylla_1_s.jpg "Acacia heterophylla")
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![[Acacia dealbata]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_dealbata1_s.jpg "Acacia dealbata")
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from KENPEI |
![[Acacia drummodii]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_drummodii_fg01_s.jpg "Acacia drummodii")
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![[Acacia tetragonophylla Geelong Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Australia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_tetragonophylla_s.jpg "Acacia tetragonophylla Geelong Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Australia")
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from Dysmachus |
from :en:Melburnian |
![[Acacia confusa]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Starr_061224_2814_Acacia_confusa_s.jpg "Acacia confusa")
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![[Acacia pennata in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_pennata_in_Talakona_forest_2C_AP_W_IMG_8290_s.jpg "Acacia pennata in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India")
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from Forest & Kim Starr |
from J.M.Garg |
![[Acacia pennata in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_pennata_leaves_in_Talakona_forest_2C_AP_W_IMG_8291_s.jpg "Acacia pennata in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India")
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![[Acacia longifolia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_longifolia_fg01_s.jpg "Acacia longifolia")
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from Dysmachus |
![[Acacia pennata trunk in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_pennata_trunk_in_Talakona_forest_2C_AP_W_IMG_8292_s.jpg "Acacia pennata trunk in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India")
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![[Acacia pennata at Ananthagiri Hills, in Rangareddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_pennata_in_Anantgiri_2C_AP_W_IMG_8797_s.jpg "Acacia pennata at Ananthagiri Hills, in Rangareddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India")
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from J.M.Garg |
from J.M.Garg |
![[Acacia pennata in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_pennata_in_Talakona_forest_2C_AP_W2_IMG_8290_s.jpg "Acacia pennata in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India")
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![[Acacia aneura]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mulga_s.jpg "Acacia aneura")
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from :en:Ethel Aardvark |
![[Acacia seed pods, also known as Guajes, served as part of a botana in Oaxaca, Mexico]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hauxya_Botana_s.jpg "Acacia seed pods, also known as Guajes, served as part of a botana in Oaxaca, Mexico")
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![[Acacia dealbata]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Yellow_Mimosa_s.jpg "Acacia dealbata")
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from Nsaum75 |
from Berto |
![[Acacia heterophyllaBark]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_heterophylla_7_s.jpg "Acacia heterophyllaBark")
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![[Acacia heterophylla]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_heterophylla_281_29_s.jpg "Acacia heterophylla")
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from B.navez |
from B.navez |
![[Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_smallii_thorns_s.jpg "Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana")
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![[Acacia salicina Seed Pod with Seeds]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_salicina_pod_w_seeds_s.jpg "Acacia salicina Seed Pod with Seeds")
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from Photohound |
from Photohound |
![[Acacia prominens Dense tall shrub to medium tree Native to Australia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_prominens_3_s.jpg "Acacia prominens Dense tall shrub to medium tree Native to Australia")
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![[Acacia seeds in the Negev, Israel.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AcaciaSeeds_s.jpg "Acacia seeds in the Negev, Israel.")
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from Tatters:) |
from Wilson44691 |
![[Acacia tree near the end of its range in the Negev Desert of southern Israel.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_Negev_s.jpg "Acacia tree near the end of its range in the Negev Desert of southern Israel.")
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![[Babool Acacia nilotica at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Babool_28Acacia_nilotica_29_leaves_26_spines_at_Hodal_W_IMG_1251_s.jpg "Babool Acacia nilotica at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.")
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from Wilson44691 |
from J.M.Garg |
![[Acacia erioloba Sossusvlei, Namibia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Akazie_Bl_C3_BCte_PA060002__s.jpg "Acacia erioloba Sossusvlei, Namibia")
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![[Acacia koa]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Starr_040723_0533_Acacia_koa_s.jpg "Acacia koa")
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from Amrum |
from Forest & Kim Starr |
![[Acacia decurrens]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_decurrens2_s.jpg "Acacia decurrens")
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![[Acacia auriculiformis bark]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Starr_031013_0028_Acacia_auriculiformis_s.jpg "Acacia auriculiformis bark")
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from Dcarlson |
from Forest & Kim Starr |
![[Foliage and flowers]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_dealbata_1_s.jpg "Foliage and flowers")
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![[Acacia heterophylla]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PlateauxTamarin2_s.jpg "Acacia heterophylla")
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from EugeneZelenko |
from B.navez |
![[Acacia constricta]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_constricta_WPC_s.jpg "Acacia constricta")
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![[A picture of Acacia seyal]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_seyal_leaves_s.jpg "A picture of Acacia seyal")
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from WayneRay |
from Warden |
![[Acacia greggii Bark]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Acacia_greggii_bark_s.jpg "Acacia greggii Bark")
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![[Acacia confusa Bark, Hawaii, USA]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Starr_050107_2872_Acacia_confusa_s.jpg "Acacia confusa Bark, Hawaii, USA")
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from Photohound |
from Forest & Kim Starr |
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