Acacia farnesiana – שיטת המשוכות

Derivation of the botanical name:

Acacia, from the Greek word akis, meaning a point or a barb.

farnesiana, named after the Farnese Gardens in Italy where it was first cultivated in 1611 (the gardens were laid out in the 16th century by Vignola for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and were completed by Rainaldi).

• The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
• The standard author abbreviation Willd is used to indicate Carl Ludwig von Willdenow (1765–1812), a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist.

Cassie is the name given by the French to the yellow flower-heads of the Acacia Farnesiana. Perfume is extracted from the flowers in form of concrete or pomade. Grasse, France is the mimosa capital of the world, and the harvest is a special time of year. From couturier Hubert de Givenchy comes a feminine fragrance created in celebration of the mimosa harvest: Givenchy’s Amarige Harvest Collection. Acacia farnesiana, Mimosa farnesiana, Vachellia farnesiana, is an American plant, only recently introduced into the area, and could not possibly be “a plant of the Bible.”

And…more names: Cassie, Cassy, Dead Finish, Farnese Wattle, Mimosa Wattle, Mimosa Bush, Prickly Mimosa Bush, Prickly Moses, Needle Bush, North-west Curara, Sheep’s Briar, Sponge Wattle, Sweet Acacia, Thorny Acacia, Thorny Feather-wattle, Wild Briar.