Caesalpinioideae

Taxa Represented in DELEP Accessions

Taxon Common Name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range
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
Zapoteca formosa subsp. schottii
  • fairy duster
  • tasopolo (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
Zuccagnia punctata
  • jarilla macho (Spanish)
  • pus pus (Spanish)
Zygia longifolia
  • barbasquillo (Spanish)
  • pichindé (Spanish)
  • sotacaballo (Spanish)