Senegalia mellifera(Vahl) Seigler & Ebinger

WFO wfo-0000745787 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Senegalia mellifera, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. a Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-08 / obs. 162951789
Senegalia mellifera, photographed by Ryan van Huyssteen
fig. b Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159314609
Senegalia mellifera, photographed by Ryan van Huyssteen
fig. c Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159309124
Senegalia mellifera, photographed by Ryan van Huyssteen
fig. d Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159309249
Senegalia mellifera, photographed by Ryan van Huyssteen
fig. e Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159308542
Senegalia mellifera, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139593805
Senegalia mellifera, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. g Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126691651
Senegalia mellifera, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. h Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 68066261

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Senegalia mellifera is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Yemen AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesCaprivi StripChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweSaudi ArabiaYemen
Native distribution of Senegalia mellifera, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Cape Provinces CPP
Caprivi Strip CPV
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acacia detinens Burch.
  • Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Bosc
  • Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens (Burch.) Brenan
  • Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera
  • Acacia mellifera var. almakkiana Chaudhary
  • Acacia senegal subsp. mellifera (Vahl) Roberty
  • Acacia tenax Marloth
  • Acacia vicioides Ferrarini & Galino
  • Inga mellifera (Vahl) Willd.
  • Mimosa mellifera Vahl
  • Mimosa mellifera M.Vahl
  • Mimosa unguis-rati Forssk.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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