Vachellia seyal(Delile) P.J.H.Hurter

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WFO wfo-0001284777 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vachellia seyal, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. a Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-02-19 / obs. 32797113
Vachellia seyal, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. b Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113190843
Vachellia seyal, photographed by timharris
fig. c timharris, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38847653
Vachellia seyal, photographed by Fabien Anthelme
fig. d Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 103015132
Vachellia seyal, photographed by Fabien Anthelme
fig. e Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 65651026
Vachellia seyal, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. f Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112901653
Vachellia seyal, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. g Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32837459
Vachellia seyal, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. h Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32837310

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Vachellia seyal is native: Algeria, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen AlgeriaBeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaGambiaGuineaIvory CoastKenyaMaliMozambiqueNigerNigeriaSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaSaudi ArabiaYemen
Native distribution of Vachellia seyal, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Guinea GUI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
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 fistula Schweinf.
  • Acacia flava f. fistula (Schweinf.) Roberty
  • Acacia flava var. seyal (Delile) Roberty
  • Acacia giraffa Sieber ex Steud.
  • Acacia giraffae Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Acacia robecchii Pirotta
  • Acacia senegal var. fistula (Schweinf.) Oliv.
  • Acacia seyal Delile
  • Acacia seyal f. fistula (Schweinf.) Cufod.
  • Acacia seyal var. fistula (Schweinf.) Baker
  • Acacia seyal var. seyal
  • Acacia stenocarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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