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Acacia borleae

First 2 photos: Sticky Thorn in Pongola Nature Reserve, KZN, South Africa, 1.2.06  Young plant 1,6m high big flowers; 12 pair of pinnae, 11 pair of leaflets per pinna, very small leaflets; Pairs of white stipular thorns to 7cm long; young twigs and peduncle sticky; Bark of main stem red brown.  Older plant 3m high, also quite long (4,2 cm) peduncles with involucel at 2,5 cm.First 2 photos: Sticky Thorn in Pongola Nature Reserve, KZN, South Africa, 1.2.06 Young plant 1,6m high big flowers; 12 pair of pinnae, 11 pair of leaflets per pinna, very small leaflets; Pairs of white stipular thorns to 7cm long; young twigs and peduncle sticky; Bark of main stem red brown. Older plant 3m high, also quite long (4,2 cm) peduncles with involucel at 2,5 cm.Next 2 photos: Marloh Park, Mpumalanga, 27.1.2007Next 2 photos: Marloh Park, Mpumalanga, 27.1.2007