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Vachellia horrida
About
Vachellia horrida is a low spreading shrub or sometimes tree native to both the wet and dry scrublands of tropical to subtropical East Africa. Common names for it are Cape gum, Karroo Thorn and dev-babul. It is also found elsewhere in Africa, Asia, India and South America. It frequently has stipular spines 9.5 cm long. V. horrida is an important browse plant in the tropics, particularly during the dry season.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Vachellia horrida
- Slug
- vachellia-horrida
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
- Species
- horrida
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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