Vachellia drepanolobium(Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter

WFO wfo-0001284772 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vachellia drepanolobium, photographed by Elliot Kulakow
fig. a Elliot Kulakow, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-11-22 / obs. 105395250
Vachellia drepanolobium, photographed by Tim Hirsch
fig. b Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49948085
Vachellia drepanolobium, photographed by acaciajoe
fig. c acaciajoe, CC0 1.0 / obs. 50609815
Vachellia drepanolobium, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. d Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50198315
Vachellia drepanolobium, photographed by Amelia Tauber
fig. e Amelia Tauber, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123755273
Vachellia drepanolobium, photographed by Seig
fig. f Seig, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95412510
Vachellia drepanolobium, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. g Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2071774
Vachellia drepanolobium, photographed by Doug Macaulay
fig. h Doug Macaulay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 6088957

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Vachellia drepanolobium is native: DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda DR CongoEthiopiaKenyaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUganda
Native distribution of Vachellia drepanolobium, 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
DR Congo ZAI AFRICA
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA

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 3 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 drepanolobium Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt
  • Acacia formicarum Harms
  • Acacia lathouwersii Staner

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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