Fabaceae
Vachellia
Vachellia tortilis

Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana (Savi) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 517 (2013)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Sahara to Kenya, Sinai to Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Tree
Morphology General Spines
Stipular spines in pairs, some short, hooked and up to 5 mm long, mixed with other straight slender ones up to 10 cm long
Morphology Leaves
Leaves: leaflets 0.5–4(–6) x 0.5–1 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers whitish, in heads; peduncles with the involucel in the lower half
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1–2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 1.5–2.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods glabrous, indehiscent or very slowly dehiscent, 0.6–1(–1.3) cm wide, longitudinally veined
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds compressed.
Distribution
S2, 3 the Sahel zone from Sudan to Senegal.
Ecology
Altitude range 50–100 m.
Vernacular
Qurac (Somali)
[FSOM]

Mimosaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Tree to 30 ft. high, with rounded or irregular crown
Morphology Bole
Bole and branchlets reddish-brown
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white.
[FWTA]

Common Names

unknown
talah

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images