Vachellia natalitia

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Vachellia natalitia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Vachellia
Species:V. natalitia
Binomial name
Vachellia natalitia
(E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr. [1]
Synonyms
  • Acacia natalitiaE.Mey.

Vachellia natalitia is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.

Legume Plant in the family Fabaceae

A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae, or the fruit or seed of such a plant. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure. Well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, chickpeas, lentils, lupin bean, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts and tamarind. Legumes produce a botanically unique type of fruit – a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces on two sides. A common name for this type of fruit is a pod, although the term "pod" is also applied to a number of other fruit types, such as that of vanilla and of the radish.

Fabaceae family of plants

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and economically important family of flowering plants. It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants, which are easily recognized by their fruit (legume) and their compound, stipulate leaves. Many legumes have characteristic flowers and fruits. The family is widely distributed, and is the third-largest land plant family in terms of number of species, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with about 751 genera and about 19,000 known species. The five largest of the genera are Astragalus, Acacia, Indigofera, Crotalaria, and Mimosa, which constitute about a quarter of all legume species. The ca. 19,000 known legume species amount to about 7% of flowering plant species. Fabaceae is the most common family found in tropical rainforests and in dry forests in the Americas and Africa.

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<i>Vachellia erioloba</i> species of plant

Vachellia erioloba, still more commonly known as Acacia erioloba, is a tree of southern Africa in the family Fabaceae. Its preferred habitat is the deep dry sandy soils in parts of South Africa, Botswana, the western areas of Zimbabwe and Namibia. It is also native to Angola, south-west Mozambique, Zambia and Swaziland. The tree was first described by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer and Johann Franz Drège in 1836. The camel thorn is a protected tree in South Africa.

<i>Vachellia caven</i> species of plant

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<i>Vachellia nilotica</i> species of plant

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<i>Vachellia constricta</i> species of plant

Vachellia constricta, also known commonly as the whitethorn acacia, is a shrub native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States, with a disjunct eastern population in Virginia and Maryland.

Vachellia nilotica subsp. adstringens is a perennial tree. It is not listed as being threatened. Some common names for it are cassie, piquants blancs and piquant lulu. Its geographic distribution includes Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean area and the Middle East.

<i>Vachellia xanthophloea</i> species of plant

Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the Fabaceae family and is commonly known in English as the fever tree. This species of Vachellia is native to eastern and southern Africa. It can be found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It has also become a landscape tree in other warm climates, outside of its natural range.

Vachellia anegadensis (pokemeboy) is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in the British Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, sandy shores, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Vachellia belairioides is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Cuba, confined to Holguín Province in northeastern Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Vachellia bucheri is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family found only in Cuba.

Vachellia cernua is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Somalia, and is threatened by habitat loss.

Vachellia chiapensis is a species of leguminous tree in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Mexico.

Vachellia daemon is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family found only in Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Vachellia origena is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Yemen.

Vachellia permixta is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found in Botswana, the Northern Provinces of South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

Vachellia prasinata is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Ethiopia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Vachellia roigii is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family found only in Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Vachellia zapatensis is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family found only in Cuba.

<i>Vachellia</i> genus of plants

Vachellia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, commonly known as thorn trees or acacias. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Its species were considered members of genus Acacia until 2009. Vachellia can be distinguished from other acacias by its capitate inflorescences and spinescent stipules. Before discovery of the New World, Europeans in the Mediterranean region were familiar with several species of Vachellia, which they knew as sources of medicine, and had names for them that they inherited from the Greeks and Romans.

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The splendid thorn is an Afrotropical tree species.

References

  1. ↑ Kyalangalilwa B, Boatwright JS, Daru BH, Maurin O, van der Bank M (2013). "Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia." Bot J Linn Soc. 172 (4): 500–523. doi:10.1111/boj.12047.


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