Fabaceae
Black thorn
Senegalia mellifera
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senegalia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Swarthaak
- Arabic
- سنط معسل
- arz
- سنط معسل
- English
- Black thorn, Blackthorn
- German
- Schwarzdorn-Akazie, Hakendorn
- Persian
- سنگالیا ملیفرا
Synonyms
- Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Bosc
- Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera
- Acacia senegal subsp. mellifera (Vahl) Roberty
- Inga mellifera (Vahl) Willd.
- Mimosa mellifera M.Vahl
- Mimosa mellifera Vahl
Photos
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Black thorn: Acacia mellifera range map created with a blank map from the Commons, info from ILDIS LegumeWeb and the GIMP. More detail from USDA-GRIN [1]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Acacia-mellifera-range-map.png/1280px-Acacia-mellifera-range-map.png)
Photo: Dcarlson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nellie Spangenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nellie Spangenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nellie Spangenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul S Kruger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul S Kruger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul S Kruger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.