Senegalia

Taxa Represented in DELEP Accessions

Taxon Common Name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range
Senegalia ataxacantha
  • flamethorn
  • mukakanyuro (Shona)
  • uthathawu (Ndebele)
  • umbambangwe (Ndebele)
  • West Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
Senegalia berlandieri
  • Berlandier's acacia
  • guajillo (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
Senegalia bonariensis
  • napinday (Spanish)
  • uña de gato (Spanish)
  • East-Central South America
Senegalia brevispica
  • prickly thorn
small tree
shrub
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia burkei
  • black monkey thorn
  • swartapiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mukaya (Shangaan)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia caffra
  • common hook-thorn
  • umthole (Zulu)
  • mtholo (Sotho)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia catechu
  • black cutch
  • catechu
  • khair (Hindi)
  • kachu (Malay)
  • South Asia
Senegalia chariessa
  • ulutatau (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia crassifolia
  • bauhinia-leaf acacia
  • Southern North America
Senegalia eriocarpa
  • wooly-podded acacia
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia erubescens
  • blue-thorn
  • gowe (Ndebele)
  • chisosampotolo (Shangaan)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia fleckii
  • blade thorn
  • mhahu (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia galpinii
  • monkey thorn
  • apiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mokala (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia gilliesii
  • garabato negro (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • South-Central South America
Senegalia goetzei subsp. goetzei
  • purple-pod acacia
  • East Africa
  • Central Africa
Senegalia greggii
  • catclaw acacia
  • uña de gato (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
Senegalia hereroensis
  • red-thorned acacia
  • mountain thorn
  • morufuri (Tswana)
small tree
shrub
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia mellifera subsp. detinens
  • hook thorn
  • swaarthaak (Afrikaans)
  • monga (Tswana)
  • monkana (Sotho)
Senegalia modesta
  • phulai
  • pelosa
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
Senegalia montis-usti
  • Brandberg acacia
  • brandbergdoring (Afrikaans)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia nigrescens
  • knob-thorn
  • munanga (Shona)
  • umkhayaomhlope (Ndebele)
  • mokoba (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
Senegalia occidentalis
  • Sonoran tree catclaw
  • teso (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
Senegalia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha
  • white thorn
  • falcon's claw acacia
  • witdoring (Afrikaans)
  • chiungadzi (Shona)
  • West Africa
  • Central Africa
  • East Africa
Senegalia polyphylla
  • white-tamarind
  • guarucaia (Portuguese)
  • cari-cari (Spanish)
  • Eastern South America
  • North-Central South America
  • Central America
  • Southern North America
Senegalia roemeriana
  • Roemer's acacia
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America