Vachellia karroo young spines not white

These young Vachellia karroo spine pairs have not yet assumed their usual white colour. The spines are long and thin, some of them curving back somewhat, unlike the typical V. karroo way of bearing straight thorns.

The sickle-shape of the fruit pods is fairly pronounced on the tree in picture. The pods dangle from longish stalks, the base of the pod narrowly attenuated, as is the tip but not as long. The greyish green young pods are marginally paler than the leaves. The evenly spaced seeds in the young pods are visible but not yet bulging, although the constrictions between them are clearly present already.

The pod emerges from just above the leaves at the node, the thorns just below the leaves.