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Vachellia tortilis
About
Vachellia tortilis, widely known as Acacia tortilis but now attributed to the genus Vachellia in the Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae, is the umbrella thorn acacia, also known as umbrella thorn and Israeli babool, a medium to large canopied tree native to most of Africa, primarily to the savanna and Sahel of Africa, but also occurring in the Middle East.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Vachellia tortilis
- Slug
- vachellia-tortilis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
- Species
- tortilis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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