Acacia burkei - Swart apie doorn, Black monkey thorn Trees

The Black Monkey Thorn Tree is a deciduous, medium to large tree, growing up to 20 m. Yellow-white flowers from October to January.
Habitat: Found, from S.E. Zimbabwe in the North to Kwazulu-Natal in the south.

Uses: Timber was used for furniture manufacture. Being termite resistant it was used for fence poles. The leaves and the highly nutritional pods are eaten by game.

Medicinal Uses: The bark and leaves are used medicinally