Vachellia

Taxa Represented in DELEP Accessions

Taxon Common Name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range
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
Vachellia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa
  • umbrella thorn
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
Vachellia vernicosa
  • Chihuahuan whitethorn
  • vinorama (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
Vachellia xanthophloea
  • fever tree
  • Naivasha thorn
  • jelenga (Shangaan)
  • East Africa
  • Southern Africa