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Growth Form

Native Geographic Range

Taxon	Subfamily	Common name(s)	Growth Form	Native Geographic Range	No. Seed Accessions	No. Living Accessions
Vachellia vernicosa	Caesalpinioideae	Chihuahuan whitethorn vinorama (Spanish)	shrub	Southwestern North America	7	2
Vachellia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa	Caesalpinioideae	umbrella thorn		East Africa Southern Africa	1	1
Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana	Caesalpinioideae	shittam		Northern Africa	3	0
Vachellia tortilis subsp. heteracantha	Caesalpinioideae	moshu (Tswana) mushu (Sotho) umbrella thorn umsasane (Zulu)		Southern Africa	2	1
Vachellia tortilis	Caesalpinioideae	umbrella thorn		East Africa Northern Africa Southern Africa Southwestern Asia West Africa	2	0
Vachellia stuhlmannii	Caesalpinioideae	vlei thorn		East Africa Southern Africa	1	0
Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii	Caesalpinioideae	mubayamhondoro (Shona) paperbark acacia umbrella thorn		Southern Africa	2	0
Vachellia sieberiana	Caesalpinioideae	paperbark acacia sandanduur (Wolof) umbrella thorn		East Africa Southern Africa West Africa	4	1
Vachellia seyal	Caesalpinioideae	shittimwood talh (Arabic) thirty-thorn whistling tree white thorn		East Africa Northern Africa Southwestern Asia West Africa	1	0
Vachellia schottii	Caesalpinioideae	Schott acacia	shrub	Southwestern North America	2	2
Vachellia schaffneri var. bravoensis	Caesalpinioideae	Schaffner acacia twisted acacia		Southern North America	2	2
Vachellia robusta	Caesalpinioideae	enkeldoring (Afrikaans) splendid acacia		East Africa Southern Africa	1	0
Vachellia rigidula	Caesalpinioideae	blackbrush acacia chaparro prieto (Spanish)		Southern North America	8	3
Vachellia rehmanniana	Caesalpinioideae	Iphucla (Ndebele) silky acacia sydoring (Afrikaans)		Southern Africa	4	1
Vachellia reficiens subsp. reficiens	Caesalpinioideae	false umbrella thorn vals haak-en-steek (Afrikaans)		Southern Africa	1	0
Vachellia reficiens	Caesalpinioideae	false umbrella thorn vals haak-en-steek (Afrikaans)	small tree tree	Northeastern Africa	1	1
Vachellia permixta	Caesalpinioideae	hairy acacia moselaphala (Sotho) slapdoring (Afrikaans) slender thorn	shrub	Southern Africa	3	1
Vachellia pennatula var. pennatula	Caesalpinioideae	algarrobo (Spanish) feather acacia		Central America Northern South America Southern North America	5	2
Vachellia nilotica subsp. subalata	Caesalpinioideae	Egyptian thorn scented-pod acacia		East Africa South Asia	2	1
Vachellia nilotica subsp. kraussiana	Caesalpinioideae	isangawe (Ndebele) mubayamhondoro (Shona) scented-pod acacia		East Africa Southern Africa	5	1
Vachellia nilotica	Caesalpinioideae	Egyptian thorn scented-pod acacia		East Africa Northern Africa South Asia Southern Africa Southwestern Asia West Africa	1	1
Vachellia nebrownii	Caesalpinioideae	lerura (Tswana) lerwana (Tswana) water acacia	shrub small tree	Southern Africa	2	3
Vachellia luederitzii var. luederitzii	Caesalpinioideae	Kalahari sand acacia mokgwelekgwele (Tswana)		Southern Africa	2	1
Vachellia kirkii	Caesalpinioideae	flood-plain acacia vloedvlaktedoring (Afrikaans)		East Africa Southern Africa	1	1
Vachellia karroo	Caesalpinioideae	isinga (Ndebele) Karoo thorn soetdoring (Afrikaans) sweet thorn umunga (Zulu)		Southern Africa	7	2