Yellow Fever Tree

Also known as Fever Tree, Yellow Bark Acacia, Sulfur Tree

Yellow fever trees stand out along African riverbanks and swampy floodplains with bright greenish-yellow bark that flakes in powdery layers. Early European settlers mistakenly associated the tree with malaria because it thrives in wet, mosquito-prone lowlands where fevers were common. The delicate feathery foliage, paired with paired straight white thorns, provides important nesting shelter for birds and valuable forage for local wildlife.