Senegalia afra

Senegalia afra

Senegalia afra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus: Senegalia
Species: Senegalia afra

Name

Senegalia afra (Thunb.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb., Mabberley's Pl.-Book 1021 (2008).

• Note: Published as caffra now treated as an orthographical variant, Art. 61.6, ICN (Madrid).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mimosa afra Thunb. (1800)
• Homotypic
  • Acacia afra (Thunb.) Willd. (1806)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia fallax E.Mey. (1836)
  • Acacia afra var. namaquensis Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836)
  • Acacia multijuga Meisn. (1843)
  • Acacia afra var. longa Glover (1915)
  • Acacia afra var. tomentosa Glover (1915)
  • Acacia afra var. transvaalensis Glover (1915)

Misapplied names

• Acacia catechu sens. E. Mey. (1836)
• Acacia mellei sens. 0.B.Mill. (1952)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hurter, P.J.H. & Mabberley, D.J., 2008. Mabberley's plant-book 1021.

Additional references

• Kyalangalilwa, B., Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & Bank, M. 2013. Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4): 500–523. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12047 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Senegalia afra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Senegalia afra. Published online. Accessed: Aug 19 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Senegalia afra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug 2019. Reference page. as caffra

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Haakdoring, Wag-'n-bietjiedoring
• English: Hook-thorn, Common hook thorn
• Sesotho sa Leboa: Motholo
• Setswana: Morutlhare
• Xitsonga: Mbvhinya-xihloka
• isiXhosa: umThole, umNyamanzi
• isiZulu: umTholo

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