Acaccia Flower (Zhar Smar)
Acacia farnesiana
About Acaccia Flower (Zhar Smar)
Acaccia Flower (Zhar Smar) (Acacia farnesiana) is a herb used in the North African & Amazigh Medicine tradition to help with Headache, Fever, Skin Health, and Anxiety. The flowers are the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Vachellia farnesiana, also known as Acacia farnesiana, and previously Mimosa farnesiana, commonly known as sweet acacia, huisache or needle bush, is so named because of the numerous thorns distributed along its branches. The native range of V. farnesiana is uncertain. While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America, the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating northern Australia and southern Asia. It remains unclear whether the extra-American distribution is primarily natural or anthropogenic. It is...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist