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Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger (Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger)
Plantae

Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger

Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger

Vachellia haematoxylon is a protected tree native to parts of Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa.

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Family
Genus
Vachellia
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger

Common Names

Vachellia haematoxylon has the common English names gray camel thorn and giraffe thorn. It is also known by multiple Afrikaans names: vaalkameeldoring, basterkameeldoring, and basterkameel, and by the Sotho name Mokholo.

Conservation Status & Distribution

This is a protected tree species, native to central and southeast Namibia, southwest Botswana, and the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Photo: (c) Hennie Faul, all rights reserved, uploaded by Hennie Faul

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Vachellia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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