Sicklebush

Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa

A small, thorny bush of sub-saharan Africa. Invasive, but with edible seeds. Photo from near Dodoma, Tanzania.

""Taxonomy: Binomial=Dichrostachys cinerea"Family= LeguminosaeLocal name: veluturu chettu(Telugu)Distribution: Common in scrub jungles of tropical areas. found in eastren ghats of south India Armed small trees, branchlets ending into spines,flowers in 2-4cm axilary spikes.Lower half pink flowers, sterile; upper half yellow, fertile. pods twisted."

Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Mwera, Tanga, Tanzania

Mwera, Tanga, Tanzania

Mpumalanga, South Africa

S90 Road South of Balule, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA