Acacia Salt Box with Spoon 3.5 x 3.75"

The Acacia tree is also known as the rain tree. This large tree has sprawling, leafy branches that give lots of shade. The acacia has compound leaves made up of three to eight pairs of leaflets. Acacia leaves respond to changes in light. The leaflets stay open during the day. On cloudy days or in the late afternoons, the leaflets fold together and hang straight down. It is as if the acacia were sleeping! Botanists, scientist who study plants, actually call this behavior "sleep movements."Acacia flowers look like small, pink powder puffs. The tree flowers in March and April. The fruit is a dark brown pod that is 15 to 20 cm. long it has several seeds surrounded by a sweet, brown pulp that animals like to eat.Acacia wood is very hard.It is used for chopping boards, salad bowls, plates, wall panel, decorative carvings and furniture's.