Fabaceae
Knobthorn
Senegalia nigrescens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senegalia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Knoppiesdoring
- English
- Knobthorn, Knob thorn
- Persian
- آکاکیا سیاه
- Tsonga
- Xikaya, Mbafa
- Zulu
- UmKhaya
Synonyms
- Acacia brosigii Harms
- Acacia nigrescens Oliv.
- Acacia nigrescens var. pallens Benth.
- Acacia pallens (Benth.) Rolfe
- Acacia passargei Harms
- Acacia passargei Passarge
- Acacia perrottii Warb.
- Acacia schliebenii Harms
- Albizia lugardii N.E.Br.
Photos
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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: 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
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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.