Caesalpinioideae

Taxa Represented in DELEP Accessions

Taxon Common Name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada
  • candle-pod acacia
  • mouse bush
  • mohae (Sotho)
  • mosko (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia hebeclada subsp. tristis
  • weeping candle-pod acacia
  • candle thorn
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia karroo
  • sweet thorn
  • Karoo thorn
  • soetdoring (Afrikaans)
  • umunga (Zulu)
  • isinga (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia kirkii
  • flood-plain acacia
  • vloedvlaktedoring (Afrikaans)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia luederitzii var. luederitzii
  • Kalahari sand acacia
  • mokgwelekgwele (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia nebrownii
  • water acacia
  • lerura (Tswana)
  • lerwana (Tswana)
small tree
shrub
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia nilotica
  • scented-pod acacia
  • Egyptian thorn
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
  • South Asia
Vachellia nilotica subsp. kraussiana
  • scented-pod acacia
  • mubayamhondoro (Shona)
  • isangawe (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
Vachellia nilotica subsp. subalata
  • Scented-pod acacia
  • Egyptian thorn
  • East Africa
  • South Asia
Vachellia pennatula var. pennatula
  • feather acacia
  • algarrobo (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Northern South America
Vachellia permixta
  • hairy acacia
  • slender thorn
  • slapdoring (Afrikaans)
  • moselaphala (Sotho)
shrub
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia reficiens
  • false umbrella thorn
  • vals haak-en-steek (Afrikaans)
tree
small tree
  • Northeastern Africa
Vachellia reficiens subsp. reficiens
  • false umbrella thorn
  • vals haak-en-steek (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia rehmanniana
  • silky acacia
  • sydoring (Afrikaans)
  • Iphucla (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia rigidula
  • blackbrush acacia
  • chaparro prieto (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
Vachellia robusta
  • splendid acacia
  • enkeldoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
Vachellia schaffneri var. bravoensis
  • Schaffner acacia
  • twisted acacia
  • Southern North America
Vachellia schottii
  • Schott acacia
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
Vachellia seyal
  • shittimwood
  • thirty-thorn
  • whistling tree
  • white thorn
  • talh (Arabic)
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
Vachellia sieberiana
  • paperbark acacia
  • umbrella thorn
  • sandanduur (Wolof)
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii
  • paperbark acacia
  • umbrella thorn
  • mubayamhondoro (Shona)
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia stuhlmannii
  • vlei thorn
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia tortilis
  • umbrella thorn
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
  • West Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Southwestern Asia
Vachellia tortilis subsp. heteracantha
  • umbrella thorn
  • umsasane (Zulu)
  • mushu (Sotho)
  • moshu (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana
  • shittam
  • Northern Africa
Taxa Available: 557