Vachellia cornigera (L.) Seigler & Ebinger

Species

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Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 1.5 m tall. The leaves are 5-15 cm long. There are 4-10 pairs of pinnas and 10-26 pairs of leaflets. The pods are 6-10 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist or dry thickets or thin forest, chiefly on the plains, often forming dense thickets; at elevations up to 900 metres. Relatively common in riparian and swamp habitats, growing in fallow fields, pastures, roadsides, and other disturbed sites.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows between 100-900 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use food hedge medicinal
Edible fruits pods seeds stems
Therapeutic use Bite(Bug) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Leaf

Vachellia cornigera leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Vachellia cornigera leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Vachellia cornigera leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Vachellia cornigera flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Vachellia cornigera flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Vachellia cornigera flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Vachellia cornigera fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Vachellia cornigera world distribution map, present in Belize, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Martinique, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, El Salvador, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60441209-2
WFO ID wfo-0001277425
COL ID 7F8WD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 835525
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Acacia furcella Acacia interjecta Acacia nicoyensis Acacia rossiana Acacia spadicigera Acacia campecheana Acacia cubensis Mimosa cornigera Acacia cornigera Tauroceras spadicigerum Acacia hernandezii Acacia turgida Vachellia cornigera Acacia cornigera var. americana Tauroceras cornigerum