Vachellia tortuosa (L.) Seigler & Ebinger

Twisted acacia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vachellia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite tree. It grows 3.5-10m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fodder fuelwood medicinal tanning
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antiseptic (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Atony (unspecified), Cicatrizant (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Deodorant (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gangrene (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Gum (unspecified), Senescence (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Vachellia tortuosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Vachellia tortuosa world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Mexico, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Virgin Islands (British), and Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Conservation status

Vachellia tortuosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60441241-2
WFO ID wfo-0001277461
COL ID 7F8WS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 634902
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Prosopis microphylla Acacia tortuosa Acacia leucacantha Acacia seifriziana Mimosa virescens Acacia virescens Poponax venosa Vachellia tortuosa Poponax tortuosa Mimosa tortuosa Acacia albescens Acacia seifriziana Acacia tortuosa var. glabrior