Parkinsonia

Description:

"Parkinsonia aculeata may be a spiny shrub or a small tree. It grows 2 to 8 m high, with a maximum height of 10 metres. It may have single or multiple stems and many branches with pendulous leaves. The leaves and stems are hairless. The leaves are alternate and pennate (15 to 20 cm long). The flattened petiole is edged by two rows of 25–30 tiny oval leaflets; the leaflets are soon deciduous in dry weather (and during the winter in some areas) leaving the green petioles and branches to photosynthesize." ~wiki

Habitat:

grown from seed in my desert garden; native to Egypt but not Sinai

Notes:

Fresh seeds are edible and tasty. aka Jerusalem Thorn