Fabaceae

Bull horn acacia

Vachellia collinsii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Vachellia

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Bull horn acacia: Vachellia collinsii (formerly Acacia collinsii ) in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. — Photo: Author: Cody Hinchliff 2004, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Bull horn acacia
German: Kugelkopf-Akazie

Synonyms

Acacia collinsii Saff.
Acacia costaricensis Schenck
Acacia glutea Ram.Goyena
Acacia nelsonii Saff.
Acacia panamensis Schenck
Acacia penomensis Saff.
Acacia penonomensis Saff.
Acacia yucatanensis Schenck
Myrmecodendron collinsii (Saff.) Britton & Rose
Myrmecodendron costaricense (Schenck) Britton & Rose

Photos

Photo: Author: Cody Hinchliff 2004, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: David Johnson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gisela Salvatierra Soñanes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pierre Bonnet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.