About Kameeldoring
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Other names - Kameeldoring and Acacia erioloba
Burning qualities
This wood is very deep very heavy and dense and burns very strongly
You must really get the kindling going and get strong flames as this is a dense wood
Once it gets going it is a slow burner and no need to keep topping up
Once your room temperature is met, let the embers keep you warm for hours
Description
It is so hard that sparks have been known to fly when it is struck with an axe
A large umbrella shaped tree with feathery foliage. Seeds have been used as a coffee substitute. From the African savannas where it a favourite browse of elephants, giraffe, and elks
The Kameeldoring can range from 2 m up to 20m high, it can be scrubby or a massive tree. The bark is grey to blackish brown, deeply furrowed, young branchlets shiny reddish brown. The spines are strongly developed, almost straight up to 6 cm in length with swollen bases, whitish or brown.A large thorn-tree, endemic to the semi-desert regions of Southern Africa
A keystone species, it's foliage and fruit sustain the animals of the Kalahari. It was considered the "Tree of Life" by some of the San families.
They have little seed pods.The flowers are a bright yellow
ball
Medical uses
Ear infections can be treated with the dried powder of the
pods, The gum can be used for the treatment of gonorrhoea and the pulverized burned bark can be used to treat headache. The root can be used to treat Tuberculosis and also tooth ache, the barbless root is boiled for a few minutes and the infusion are swirled around in the mouth and spit out, for TB the same infusion are drunk in the morning, noon and evening until TB are cured. Every few
days a new brew must be made
Superstition uses
It is believed that lighting will strike at the Camel thorn more readily than other trees
Nutritional usesThe seeds can be roasted and used as a substitute for coffee, the gum are also eaten by humans as well as animals
Other usesThe bark is used by the Bushmen to make quivers. Animals love to eat the pods
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