Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr. (Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.)
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Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Vachellia robusta, commonly called splendid thorn, is an Afrotropical tree native to eastern and southern Africa.

Family
Genus
Vachellia
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Scientific name: Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr. Common name: splendid thorn. Vachellia robusta is an Afrotropical tree species. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, with its distribution ranging from Ethiopia and Somalia in the north down to South Africa and Namibia in the southern part of the region.

Photo: (c) Andrew Hankey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Andrew Hankey · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Vachellia

More from Fabaceae

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

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