Fabaceae

Aroma

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dichrostachys

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Aroma (Dichrostachys cinerea) — FlowerPhoto: Tam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

Afrikaans: Sekelbos
Chinese: 代儿茶, 柏勒儿茶, 柏勒树, 柏勒树儿茶, 白凿簕, 鱼眼草
English: Aroma, Sicklebush, Sickle bush
Finnish: Marabu
German: Kalahari-Weihnachtsbaum
Kinyarwanda: Umunkamba
Marathi: वीरतरु, सिगम काटी
Spanish: Marabú

Synonyms

Acacia cinerea (L.) Spreng.
Cailliea cinerea (L.) J.F.Macbr.
Cailliea cinerea (L.) Roberty
Desmanthus cinereus (L.) Willd.
Mimosa cineraria L.
Mimosa cinerea L.
Neptunia cinerea (L.) F.Muell.

Flowers

In flower: October to August (from 404 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Tam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Devendra Kumar Gurjar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ben Lewis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Megan Loftie-Eaton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hopeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.