Distribution Map

Vachellia robusta subsp. clavigera

                   

Brack Thorn
River Thorn
imGamba
singa
umgamazi
umgamba
umngamazi
Umngamti
(Acacia clavigera)
(Acacia robusta subsp. clavigera)

Fabaceae Mimosoideae  

As at April 2024, 13 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records, 94 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Acacia robusta subsp. clavigera - Large tree with rigid branches, slightly hairy on young stems and leaf-stalks. Stipular thorns straight, usually short, sometimes up to 3 cm long, directed forwards. Mature leaves almost hairless, up to 14 cm long, with c six pairs of pinnae; leaflets relatively large, spreading, scarcely overlapping, oblong, blunt, up to 8 mm long x 2 mm wide. Inflorescences clustered, spherical, c 1 cm diam; flowers white. Fruits flat, woody, slightly curved, up to 13 cm long x 1,5 cm wide.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.