{"id":122,"date":"2024-08-14T06:10:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T04:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/?p=122"},"modified":"2024-08-14T06:10:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T04:10:10","slug":"kameeldoring-vachellia-erioloba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/kameeldoring-vachellia-erioloba\/","title":{"rendered":"Kameeldoring (Vachellia erioloba)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Vachellia erioloba<\/strong><\/em>, the <strong>camel thorn<\/strong>, also known as the <strong>giraffe thorn<\/strong>, <strong>mokala tree<\/strong>, or <strong>Kameeldoring<\/strong> in Afrikaans, still more commonly known as <em>Acacia erioloba<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tree can grow up to 20 meters high. It is slow-growing, very hardy to drought and fairly frost-resistant. The light-grey colored thorns reflect sunlight, and the bi-pinnate leaves close when it is hot. The wood is dark reddish-brown in colour and extremely dense and strong. It is good for fires, which leads to widespread clearing of dead trees and the felling of healthy trees. It produces ear-shaped pods, favoured by many herbivores including cattle. The seeds can be roasted and used as a substitute for coffee beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name &#8216;camel thorn&#8217; refers to the fact that giraffe (<em>kameelperd<\/em> in Afrikaans) commonly feed on the leaves with their specially-adapted tongue and lips that can avoid the thorns. The scientific name &#8216;erioloba&#8217; means &#8220;wooly lobe&#8221;, a reference to the ear-shaped pods.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vachellia_erioloba#cite_note-8\"><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mokala_boom_kameeldoring_1-e1715140548105.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mokala_boom_kameeldoring_1-e1715140548105.jpg 540w, https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mokala_boom_kameeldoring_1-e1715140548105-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vachellia erioloba, the camel thorn, also known as the giraffe thorn, mokala tree, or Kameeldoring in Afrikaans, still more commonly known as Acacia erioloba. The tree can grow up to 20 meters high. It is slow-growing, very hardy to drought and fairly frost-resistant. The light-grey colored thorns reflect sunlight, and the bi-pinnate leaves close when &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/kameeldoring-vachellia-erioloba\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kameeldoring (Vachellia erioloba)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kameeldoringprojects.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}