With its yellow and gold flowers, Acacia confusa is the most easily recognised tree species in Hong Kong. Sturdy and fast-growing, it was planted on roadside slopes across Hong Kong to prevent soil ...

Vandals are stripping trunks in a Manoa park, possibly for hallucinogenic properties. The bark of Acacia confusa, an invasive species from Southeast Asia, also is rich in tannins, used in textile dyes ...

The Bauhinia x blakeana orchid tree, whose flower is Hong Kong’s emblem, is found all over the city. It is also among the trees most affected by Hong Kong’s extreme weather. Since 2019, it is among ...

Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) officials yesterday said they discovered a laboratory used to produce N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) by distilling the roots and bark of the Acacia confusa tree, ...