Fabaceae
Salam
Vachellia flava
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- سلم, سنط إهرنبرجي, سنط ارنبرغي, سُلَّم
- Chinese
- 瓦赫利亚树, 瓦赫利亞樹
- English
- Salam
- Persian
- سلم
- Wolof
- Ngol
Synonyms
- Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne
- Acacia ehrenbergii T.Nees
- Acacia flava (Forssk.) Schweinf.
- Acacia flava f. ehrenbergiana (Hayne) Roberty
- Mimosa flava Forssk.
Flowers
- In flower
- February, April (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Bamba Tubaab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Sergeev, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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). About our plant data.