Large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States. Synonyms:horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata.
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East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu. Synonyms:Acacia catechu, catechu.
