Friday, March 7, 2014
Low-Water Trees Leather-Leaf Acacia or Acacia craspedocarpa Medicinal Uses
By Liliana Usvat
Blog 154 -365
Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs in watercourses, on floodplains and alongside rivers throughout south-central Western Australia.
Hop mulga is a spreading, shrubby tree that can grow to three metres but it is usually smaller. Like most Acacia species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are bluish green, about two centimetres long and one centimetres wide. The flowers are yellow, and held in cylindrical clusters up to two centimetres long and five millimetres in diameter. The pods are broad and flat, and resemble the pods of the hop plant.
In its native growth areas it is found in red clay or loam, alluvium, stony red earth. In low-lying areas, floodplains, along watercourses, & flats. Xeriscape ornamental in lower elevations in the Phoenix and Tucson areas of Arizona.
Blog 154 -365
Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs in watercourses, on floodplains and alongside rivers throughout south-central Western Australia.
Hop mulga is a spreading, shrubby tree that can grow to three metres but it is usually smaller. Like most Acacia species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are bluish green, about two centimetres long and one centimetres wide. The flowers are yellow, and held in cylindrical clusters up to two centimetres long and five millimetres in diameter. The pods are broad and flat, and resemble the pods of the hop plant.
In spring
individual, small, bright yellow, elongated rod flowers
are produced. Tan-colored, flat, 2" long pods develop
from the flowers. The botanical name probably is drawn
from a description of these pods since crasped
translates to broad in Latin and carp refers to
fruit. Leather Leaf Acacia is moderately cold hardy (15
to 20 F) and grows well in full and partial sun. It will
tolerate a variety of soils but does best in
well-draining soils.
Established plants
are highly adapted to harsh summer conditions and can
survive without supplemental irrigation. Watering once a
month will ensure limited growth but more frequent
irrigation is needed to achieve optimal growth,
appearance and flowering. This plant grows slowly and in
some landscape applications it may be desirable to
install larger container sizes (15 gallon to 36" box) to
get more immediate impact.
Specimens pruned
into tree form can be used as individual specimens or in
small groupings. Leather Leaf are most commonly uses an
as informal hedge planting or as part of a landscape
screen. Because the growth of established specimens can
be easily regulated by irrigation practices, A.
craspedocarpa offers a low maintenance alternative to
Oleanders or other non-desert species used as landscape
screens.
Medicinal Uses
Ailments of a wide variety
are treated with some form of Acacia spp., including
- diarrhea,
- laryngitis,
- venereal diseases,
- cuts and abrasions,
- skin irritation,
- the pain of childbirth,
- sores,
- scabies,
- aching joints, and
- congestion
In its native growth areas it is found in red clay or loam, alluvium, stony red earth. In low-lying areas, floodplains, along watercourses, & flats. Xeriscape ornamental in lower elevations in the Phoenix and Tucson areas of Arizona.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Low Water Trees - Acacia berlandieri Common Name Guajillo
By Liliana Usvat
Blog 153-365
Acacia Berlandieri Common Name Guajillo
Senegalia berlandieri (Berlandier Acacia, Guajillo Acacia, guajillo, huajillo) is a shrub native to the Southwestern United States and northeast Mexico that belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae (wattles) of Fabaceae (legumes). It grows 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft) tall, with blossoms that are spherical and white, occurring from February through April.
The berlandieri epithet comes from the name of Jean-Louis Berlandier,a French naturalist who studied wildlife native to Texas and Mexico. S. berlandieri contains a wide variety of alkaloids and has been known to cause toxic reactions in domestic animals such as goats.
Needs low amount of water.
Guajillo is a small, spreading tree that grows to 12 feet tall by 12 feet wide. It is very shrub-like but can be trained into a small accent tree. Naturally multi-trunked, it is evergreen in the low elevation zones and briefly deciduous where winters have regular frosts.
The compound light-green leaves are divided into many tiny leaflets giving Guajillo an interesting, fern-like appearance. Variable sized thorns are present on branches. In the late spring, hundreds of creamy white flower clusters burst into bloom. These ball-like flower clusters are sweetly fragrant. Native to Texas and the Chihuahuan desert, Guajillo is usually grown as a large, rounded shrub but is easily trained to a small tree.
Distribution
Guajillo grows in sandy soils and shallow ridge sites in south Texas and the very southern portion of the Texas Hill Country.
Elevation: Native at 1,000 to 3,000 feet.
Maintenance
Plant Guajillo tree in the fall in full sunlight and in well-drained soil. Guajillo is drought-tolerant, surviving on low amounts of rainfall in nature. However, it will benefit from regular watering in spring and summer. It has a moderate growth rate and may take a few years to achieve small tree stature. Being native to nutrient-poor, limestone soils, Guajillo grows extremely well in Southern Arizona without the addition of fertilizer. Water established Guajillo trees once a week in the summer and every two to three weeks in the winter. Prune the lowest two or three limbs in spring to shape and train into a small tree. Prune away dead or damaged limbs in the early spring.
Uses
This is a very important honey-plant, or tree, rather, in Texas, for the dry arid portions where there is little or no irrigation, and where nothing, in fact, grows except mesquite, catclaw, sage-brush, and other desert plants. The fact that it does not depend on irrigation, and needs only a scanty amount of rain early in the season, makes it most valuable to the bee-keeper in those regions where it grows and yields large quantities of beautiful water clear honey. Indeed, it is the finest produced in Texas, and is so nearly water white as to be almost as clear as pure water. It is at its very best in the region of Uvalde, Texas
About Deforestation and Desertification
As a result of deforestation large area of the earth suffer from drought.
The process of forest destruction continues to this day in different area of the globe. Some societies realize that this aggression against nature affects us all. There are area of the globe where the air is hard to breath.
This Blog wants to offer solution for the type of trees to be planted on different areas that became deserts.
There are sand winds in big cities and temperature that are hard to live in in other cities.
Some large areas are managed by governments that have people responsible to give licenses to cut the forests; some are managed by private citizens.
There were periods of time when cutting the forest was considered a right of the conqueror of the land or the right of the owner of the land.
We are addressing those interested in replanting areas without vegetation.
Blog 153-365
Acacia Berlandieri Common Name Guajillo
Senegalia berlandieri (Berlandier Acacia, Guajillo Acacia, guajillo, huajillo) is a shrub native to the Southwestern United States and northeast Mexico that belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae (wattles) of Fabaceae (legumes). It grows 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft) tall, with blossoms that are spherical and white, occurring from February through April.
The berlandieri epithet comes from the name of Jean-Louis Berlandier,a French naturalist who studied wildlife native to Texas and Mexico. S. berlandieri contains a wide variety of alkaloids and has been known to cause toxic reactions in domestic animals such as goats.
Needs low amount of water.
Guajillo is a small, spreading tree that grows to 12 feet tall by 12 feet wide. It is very shrub-like but can be trained into a small accent tree. Naturally multi-trunked, it is evergreen in the low elevation zones and briefly deciduous where winters have regular frosts.
The compound light-green leaves are divided into many tiny leaflets giving Guajillo an interesting, fern-like appearance. Variable sized thorns are present on branches. In the late spring, hundreds of creamy white flower clusters burst into bloom. These ball-like flower clusters are sweetly fragrant. Native to Texas and the Chihuahuan desert, Guajillo is usually grown as a large, rounded shrub but is easily trained to a small tree.
Distribution
Guajillo grows in sandy soils and shallow ridge sites in south Texas and the very southern portion of the Texas Hill Country.
Elevation: Native at 1,000 to 3,000 feet.
Maintenance
Plant Guajillo tree in the fall in full sunlight and in well-drained soil. Guajillo is drought-tolerant, surviving on low amounts of rainfall in nature. However, it will benefit from regular watering in spring and summer. It has a moderate growth rate and may take a few years to achieve small tree stature. Being native to nutrient-poor, limestone soils, Guajillo grows extremely well in Southern Arizona without the addition of fertilizer. Water established Guajillo trees once a week in the summer and every two to three weeks in the winter. Prune the lowest two or three limbs in spring to shape and train into a small tree. Prune away dead or damaged limbs in the early spring.
Uses
This is a very important honey-plant, or tree, rather, in Texas, for the dry arid portions where there is little or no irrigation, and where nothing, in fact, grows except mesquite, catclaw, sage-brush, and other desert plants. The fact that it does not depend on irrigation, and needs only a scanty amount of rain early in the season, makes it most valuable to the bee-keeper in those regions where it grows and yields large quantities of beautiful water clear honey. Indeed, it is the finest produced in Texas, and is so nearly water white as to be almost as clear as pure water. It is at its very best in the region of Uvalde, Texas
About Deforestation and Desertification
As a result of deforestation large area of the earth suffer from drought.
The process of forest destruction continues to this day in different area of the globe. Some societies realize that this aggression against nature affects us all. There are area of the globe where the air is hard to breath.
This Blog wants to offer solution for the type of trees to be planted on different areas that became deserts.
There are sand winds in big cities and temperature that are hard to live in in other cities.
Some large areas are managed by governments that have people responsible to give licenses to cut the forests; some are managed by private citizens.
There were periods of time when cutting the forest was considered a right of the conqueror of the land or the right of the owner of the land.
We are addressing those interested in replanting areas without vegetation.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)