Which acacia if acacia I am?

[GDLWyverex]

I was gifted with this one today and I think that it's an acacia of some sort...

It's a bit shocked after riding home on a motorcycle. Any thoughts as to an ID?

 

Richard

[DoomsDave]

Looks like Mimosa pudica, the infamous Sensitive Plant.

[GDLWyverex]

2 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Looks like Mimosa pudica, the infamous Sensitive Plant.

This one is tree like as opposed to ground cover and has no thorns nor is it touch sensitive like mimosa pudica. I am hoping that it turns out to be an

albizia julibrissin which is in the same family, Leguminosae, as m.pudica and most acacias

 

Richard

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by GDLWyverex

[Silas_Sancona]

53 minutes ago, GDLWyverex said:

This one is tree like as opposed to ground cover and has no thorns nor is it touch sensitive like mimosa pudica. I am hoping that it turns out to be an

albizia julibrissin which is in the same family, Leguminosae, as m.pudica and most acacias

 

Richard

 

Agree, most likely not a Mimosa sp..  That being said, several, locally native Albizia, Leucanea, or american Acacia sp.. ** would likely be placed in Mariosousa, Senegalia or Vachellia fit as places to start digging for a more definite id.

Mariosousa  itself contains a potential 13 species listed for the genus. Wouldn't doubt the powers that be may have narrowed that list. Regardless,  none have thorns as far as i am aware. M. salazari, a rare and practically un-documented species on the net is supposedly a common tree in in this region of Mexico. Supposedly has whitish, peeling bark like a more well known cousin, Mauriosousa willardiana ( Palo Blanco) but is mostly evergreen, and has a foliage pattern / seed pod presentation that resembles Albizia sinaloensis or some Leucanea sp that are also seen there. Been trying to find a source for seed of that sp. myself for awhile. 

Curious to know if the person you got it from might have any pictures of a more mature tree, which seed of this might have been collected off of, ...or which might offer other clues like what flowers / seed pods might look like to help narrow down the possibilities. A lack of thorns/ spines at this age would remove things like locally native Prosopis ( Mesquites) as well as many of the Acacia/ Senegalia / Vachellia sp. i'm familiar with. 

[GDLWyverex]

48 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Agree, most likely not a Mimosa sp..  That being said, several, locally native Albizia, Leucanea, or american Acacia sp.. ** would likely be placed in Mariosousa, Senegalia or Vachellia fit as places to start digging for a more definite id.

Curious to know if the person you got it from might have any pictures of a more mature tree, which seed of this might have been collected off of, ...or which might offer other clues like what flowers / seed pods might look like to help narrow down the possibilities. A lack of thorns/ spines at this age would remove things like locally native Prosopis ( Mesquites) as well as many of the Acacia/ Senegalia / Vachellia sp. i'm familiar with. 

The nursery from which it came knows only what they paid for it and thusly, what they must sell it for. If told that it was a cactus, they would have labelled it as such. I guess that we simply have to wait a few years to see the bloom.

I have several  leucaena leucocephala  known as Guages and   senegalia greggii  here, but no Mariosousa, albizia or Vachellia

Thanks

 

Richard

 

[Gonzer]

I'd reckon Albizia.