Fabaceae
Sweet acacia
Vachellia farnesiana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- طلح أنباري, فتنة, عنبر, سنط فارنيسي
- arz
- طلح انبارى
- ban
- Sari konta
- Bangla
- গুয়ে বাবলা, বিলাতি বাবলা
- Burmese
- နန်းလုံးကြိုင်
- Cantonese
- 金合歡
- Chinese
- 金合欢, 金合歡, 刺毬花, 刺球花, 消息花, 牛角花, 鸭皂树, 鸭皂树根
- Croatian
- Igličasti grm
- Czech
- Kapinice Farnesova
- English
- Sweet acacia, Huisache, Needle bush
- German
- Susse Akazie
- Greek
- Γαζία
- Haitian Creole
- Ponpon jòn
- Hebrew
- שיטת המשוכות
- Indonesian
- Bunga siam
- Japanese
- キンゴウカン
- Kannada
- ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಜಾಲಿ
- Malagasy
- Tsorofotra
- Malayalam
- കസ്തൂരിവേലം
- Marathi
- देवबाभुळ
- Persian
- درخت عنبر
- Punjabi
- ਅੰਬਰ ਰੁੱਖ
- Serbian
- Слатка акација
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇၼူၼ်းၶမ်း, မွၵ်ႇၼူၼ်းၶမ်း
- Spanish
- Aromo, Güisache, Güizache, Huisache, Huizache
- Sundanese
- Nagasari
- Tamil
- பீக்கருவேல்
Synonyms
- Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
- Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana
- Acacia farnesiana var. lenticellata (F.Muell.) Bailey
- Acacia minuta subsp. minuta
- Farnesiana odora Gasp.
- Mimosa farnesiana L.
- Popanax farnesiana (L.) Raf.
- Poponax farnesiana (L.) Raf.
- Vachellia farnesiana f. typica Speg.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March (from 1,092 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tyler Radtke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Evelyn Lazzaretti 🏳️⚧️, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan Vickers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.