Greetings and a hearty thanks to all of those who are sharing their wealth of knowledge in this community. I’m a researcher living on one of the islands where Acacia Confusa is thought to have originated.
The Acacia Confusa is plentiful here and all trees are protected under the law. Rural hill country land can be rented for about $30 an acre per year, so the cultivation and experimentation with various tropical, botanical specimens is an easy area of work to get into.
My goal is to secure the necessary government permits
to carry out research geared to the medicinal qualities and quantities of the Acacia Confusa in a cultivated environment over time.
Even in the tropics, plants are seasonal, so in spite of the fact that the differences in seasons may be subtle, plants still react to the changes. Furthermore, plants also react to the phases of the moon. The Acacia is a leguminous tree, and all legumes, from the tiny clover to the towering locust tree prefer the same soil culture, which they rarely get in the wild. I’m curious to cultivate the Acacia under optimum conditions in the place where the species has originated and then take samples of the various tissue at different seasons and different phases of the moon to test for the medicinal quality and quantities.