Fabaceae
Gum arabic
Senegalia senegal
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senegalia
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Common names
By language (33)
- Afrikaans
- Driehaakdoring
- Arabic
- سنط سنغالي, أكاسيا ذات الصمغ السنغالية
- arz
- اكاسيا السنجال
- azb
- سنگال آکاسیاسی
- Bambara
- Dɔ̀nkɔri
- Bulgarian
- Сенегалска акация
- Catalan
- Acàcia senegal
- Chinese
- 阿拉伯胶树, 阿拉伯膠樹, 海滨合欢, 塞內加爾兒茶, 阿拉伯膠树, 亚拉伯树胶, 刺合欢, 阿拉伯树胶
- Danish
- Gummi-Akacie, Gummiakacie
- English
- Gum arabic
- Esperanto
- Senegala akacio
- Estonian
- Kummiakaatsia
- ff
- Dibeehi
- Finnish
- Kumiakaasia
- German
- Gummiarabikumbaum
- Gujarati
- ગોરડ
- Hausa
- Akora
- Hebrew
- סנגליית סנגל
- Hindi
- खेर
- Hungarian
- Arabmézgafa
- Japanese
- アラビアゴムノキ, これ, セネガルアカシア
- ki
- Mũmbambindũ
- Kinyarwanda
- Umukonji
- Korean
- 아라비아고무나무
- Malagasy
- Acacia
- Persian
- سنگالیا سنگال
- Polish
- Akacja senegalska
- Portuguese
- Acácia-do-senegal
- Russian
- Акация сенегальская
- Slovak
- Akácia senegalská
- Somali
- Cadaad
- Turkish
- Arap zamkı
- Wolof
- Wereg
Synonyms
- Acacia asak var. unispinosa Fiori
- Acacia cufodontii Chiov.
- Acacia oliveri Vatke
- Acacia oxyosprion Chiov.
- Acacia platyosprion Chiov.
- Acacia pseudoglauca Chiov.
- Acacia pseudoglaucophylla (Chiov.) Chiov.
- Acacia rostrata Sim
- Acacia rupestris Stocks ex Boiss.
- Acacia senegal (L.) Willd.
- Acacia senegal subsp. senegalensis (Houtt.) Roberty
- Acacia senegal subsp. trispinosa (Stokes) Roberty
- Acacia senegal var. kerensis Schweinf.
- Acacia senegal var. platyospirion Chiov.
- Acacia senegal var. pseudoglaucophylla Chiov.
- Acacia senegal var. rostrata Brenan
- Acacia senegal var. rupestris (Stocks ex Boiss.) Roberty
- Acacia senegal var. typica Fiori
- Acacia senegal var. verek Roberty
- Acacia senegalensis (Houtt.) Roberty
- Acacia spinosa Marloth & Engl.
- Acacia trispinosa Stokes
- Acacia unispinosa (Fiori) Chiov.
- Acacia verek Guill. & Perr.
- Acacia volkii Suess.
- Mimosa senegal L.
- Mimosa senegalensis Houtt.
- Senegalia oliveri (Vatke) Kyal. & Boatwr.
- Senegalia retusa Raf.
- Senegalia senegal var. kerensis (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
- Senegalia senegal var. rostrata (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Flowers
- In flower
- April, June to November (from 28 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elena_Sherehora, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.