Category: Vachellia

Acacia Species for ID : Kenya : 30JAN21 : AK-39 1 image. Acacia Species seen on the way to Masai Mara Game Reserve. Unfortunately, I have only one picture. May be that’s the reason I didn’t post some of these earlier. Maybe some Vachellia species as per comparative images herein. Check with A.eburnea Fruits not matched with […]

Vachellia planifrons ?;   21082017BHAR2 : 14 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2) Found in Vandalur forest. Chennai. Shrub. Check for Acacia leucopholea. Thanks for your reply. The leaves of Acacia leucopholea are bigger than mine. Anyhow looks related. I will check with  the genus.  Similar doubts were nagging me.  Good suggestion by … However, it […]

Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr. (syn: Acacia abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth.) ?; Flat-topped Acacia Tree : Vachellia Species : Kenya : 29SEP16 : AK-10 : 10/10 : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8) Seen during visit in July. Would like to know the Species name please. …, do we have an […]

Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) Banfi & Galasso, Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021 2008. (syn: Acacia xanthophloea Benth.); Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the Fabaceae family and is commonly known in English as the fever tree (local East African names include olerai, kimwea, murera, and mwelele). This species of Vachellia is native to eastern and southern Africa. […]

Vachellia drepanolobium (Y.Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter, Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021 2008. (syn: Acacia drepanolobium Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt); Vachellia drepanolobium (syn. Acacia drepanolobium), commonly known as Whistling Thorn (family Fabaceae), is a swollen-thorn vachellia native to East Africa.[2] The whistling thorn grows up to 6 meters tall. It produces a pair of straight thorns at each node, some […]

Vachellia eburnea (L. f.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb., Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021 2008. (syn: Acacia eburnea (L. f.) Willd.; Mimosa eburnea L. f.); . Afghanistan (N) ; India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh; Bihar ; Goa ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Orissa ; Punjab ; Rajasthan ; Tamil Nadu ; Uttar Pradesh ; Nepal […]

Vachellia nilotica (L.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb. subsp. subalata (Vatke) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:515. 2013 (syn: (≡) Acacia nilotica subsp. subalata (Vatke) Brenan; (≡) Acacia subalata Vatke (basionym)) as per GRIN ?; Acacia nilotica subsp. subalata (Vatke) Brenan (Syn: Acacia arabica var. vediana T.Cooke; Acacia nilotica subsp. vediana (T.Cooke) Vajr. […]

Vachellia nilotica (L.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb. subsp. indica (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:515. 2013 (syn: (≡) Acacia arabica var. indica Benth. (basionym); (≡) Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan) as per GRIN; . Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan (Syn: Acacia arabica sensu auct.; Acacia arabica var. indica Benth.; […]

Vachellia planifrons ( Wight & Arn. ) Ragup. , Seigler , Ebinger & Maslin (Syn: Acacia planifrons Wight & Arn.; Acacia planiformis Wight & Arn. [Spelling variant]; Acacia roxburghii auct. non Wight & Arn.); . India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Goa ; Gujarat ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu ; Sri Lanka […]

Vachellia nilotica subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:515. 2013 (syn: (≡) Acacia arabica var. tomentosa Benth. (basionym); (≡) Acacia nilotica subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Brenan)) as per GRIN; . Acacia nilotica subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Brenan (Syn: Acacia arabica var. tomentosa Benth.; Acacia nilotica var. tomentosa (Benth.) A.F.Hill) as per The Plant List ; […]

Vachellia nilotica (L.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb. subsp. cupressiformis ined. (Syn: (≡) Acacia arabica var. cupressiformis J. L. Stewart (basionym); (≡) Acacia nilotica subsp. cupressiformis (J. L. Stewart) Ali & Faruqi) as per GRIN;  Acacia nilotica subsp. cupressiformis (J.L.Stewart) Ali & Faruqi (Syn: Acacia arabica var. cupressiformis Stewart; Acacia arabica var. cupressiformis J.L.Stewart; […]

Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 149:150. 2008 (Syn: (≡) Mimosa tortilis Forssk. (basionym)) as per GRIN; . Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne (Syn: Mimosa tortilis Forssk.) as per The Plant List ; . India (I) ; Rajasthan & other countries as per ILDIS; . Umbrella Thorn; . […]

Vachellia leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger, Blumea 58: 42 (2013). (syn: Mimosa leucophloea Roxb.; Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.; Delaportea microphylla Gagnep.; Delaportea ferox Gagnep.) as per Synoptic overview of Acacia sensu lato (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in East and Southeast Asia- B.R. Maslin- Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 67(1): 231–250. 2015; . Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd. (syn. Acacia arcuata […]

Vachellia jacquemontii (Benth.) Ragupathy, Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin, comb. nov. Bas.: Acacia jacquemontii Bentham (1842: 499). Images by Devendra Bhardwaj & Nadeem Waqif (Id by Tapas Chakrabarty & J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) Bu-banvali, Baonḷī, Ratio-banwal; Acacia jacquemontii Benth,in Hook : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) One […]

Vachellia horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr.,  Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:513. 2013 (syn: (≡) Acacia horrida (L.) Willd.; (≡) Mimosa horrida L. (basionym)) as per GRIN; . Acacia horrida (L.) Willd. (syn. Acacia latronum (L.f.) Willd.; Mimosa horrida L.; Mimosa latronum L.f.;                       Acacia latronum subsp. latronum (L.f.) Willd.) as per the Plant List given in references; . India (N); […]

Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 272. 1834 (Syn: (≡) Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.; (=) Acacia minuta (M. E. Jones) R. M. Beauch.; (=) Acacia smallii Isely; (≡) Mimosa farnesiana L. (basionym); (=) Pithecellobium minutum M. E. Jones; (=) Vachellia densiflora Alexander ex Small) as per GRIN. . Acacia farnesiana (L.) […]