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See \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/ksa\"\u003ethe Saudi Arabia capability\u003c\/a\u003e for how a schedule is reviewed, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/trees-for-saudi-arabia-ksa\"\u003etrees for Saudi Arabia\u003c\/a\u003e for the canopy layer, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/shrubs-for-middle-eastern-landscapes\"\u003eshrubs for Middle Eastern landscapes\u003c\/a\u003e for the full regional range.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"acacia-aneura-mulga-tree","title":"Acacia aneura - Mulga Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eAcacia aneura\u003c\/strong\u003e, or Mulga Tree, is a hardy, slow-growing evergreen tree or shrub native to Australia, prized for its resilience in arid conditions and its ability to thrive in nutrient-poor soils. Reaching up to 10 metres, it features narrow, silvery-green phyllodes and produces golden-yellow, cylindrical flower spikes during winter and spring. 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Known for its slender, leafless green branches and fragrant white to pale pink flowers that bloom in spring, it is a striking plant adapted to extreme desert conditions. 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Recognised as the national flower of Kuwait, it is a key species in desert ecosystems. Arfaj features small, silvery-green leaves and bright yellow, daisy-like flowers that bloom profusely in spring following rainfall. 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Known for its feathery, silver-grey foliage and small clusters of pale yellow to white flowers, this plant thrives in dry, rocky soils and full sun. 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Smooth peeling grey bark carries thin branches and small trifoliate leaves, and every part of the plant releases a strong resinous scent when cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is one of the historic incense and balsam plants of Arabia, traded from the region for millennia, and it makes an unusual small sculptural specimen for hot rocky sites. 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Clusters of pale greenish white flowers with prominent stamens appear through the cooler months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is one of the few genuinely evergreen native trees of the arid zone, keeping full cover through the dry season when everything around it has dropped its leaves. 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