The leaves may fall during the cold or dry seasons and regrow with the rains. The conspicuous flowers are light-yellow to cream in color and are borne in abundance during the rainy season. The pods are yellow, green or brown in color, flat and fairly straight. Pods should be collected before they split and disperse their seed. Ecology Acacia leucophloea is a component of dry-forests, savannas, bush woodlands, and desert ecosystems from sea level to elevations of 800 m.
Plant growth is usually slow.
On fertile soils, A. leucophloea seedlings grow quickly, up to 60 cm a year, but on such sites faster-growing associate species usually dominate. Seedlings are light demanding and sensitive to weed competition, fire and frost. In order to exploit sufficient soil moisture, seedling root growth generally exceeds shoot growth. Once established, trees are very tolerant of drought, fire and frost. Reports concerning A. leucophloea tolerance of saline conditions are contradictory.