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Senegalia afra (Thunb.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.

Fabaceae · Mozambique, Botswana +6

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Senegalia afra, photograph Paul venter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSenegalia afra, photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSenegalia afra, photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSenegalia afra, photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSenegalia afra, photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSenegalia afra, photograph SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 12 photographs ›

Summary

Senegalia afra, also known as hook-thorn or Acacia afra, is a tree that occurs commonly in southern Africa. Though it is cultivated, it often occurs naturally in Gauteng suburban gardens, together with Acacia karroo and Acacia robusta.

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About the genus · Senegalia

Senegalia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the Mimosoid clade. Until 2005, its species were considered members of Acacia. More on Wikipedia ›

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Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

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Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeMozambique, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“shrub or tree” · “desert or dry shrubland” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Paul venter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (3); SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Other Senegalia 22 in the reference

Senegalia ataxacantha Senegalia ataxacantha Flame acacia Photo: CC BY-SA, alanbedfordshaw Senegalia bahiensis Fabaceae Senegalia berlandieri Senegalia berlandieri Berlandier acacia Photo: CC BY, CK2AZSenegalia bonariensis Senegalia bonariensis Fabaceae Photo: CC BY, RAPSenegalia brevispica Senegalia brevispica Fabaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Susan BrownSenegalia burkei Senegalia burkei Black monkey thorn Photo: CC0, author not statedSenegalia catechu Senegalia catechu Black cutch Photo: CC BY, harrierSenegalia galpinii Senegalia galpinii Monkey-thorn Photo: CC BY, Manuel R PoppSenegalia greggii Senegalia greggii Catclaw acacia Photo: CC BY, Jo RobertsSenegalia hereroensis Senegalia hereroensis Arid Hook-thorn Photo: CC0, author not statedSenegalia laeta Senegalia laeta Fabaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Marco SchmidtSenegalia mellifera Senegalia mellifera Black thorn Photo: CC BY-SA, Brian du Preez all 23 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Acacia afra; Acacia afra var. longa; Acacia afra var. namaquensis; Acacia afra var. tomentosa; Acacia afra var. transvaalensis and 3 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Fabaceae
Described by
(Thunb.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.
Native to
Mozambique, Botswana, Cape Provinces +5
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Senegalia afra (Thunb.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb. (plant_name_id 2608727), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 77089267-1, POWO 77089267-1
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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