Fabaceae
Shittimwood
Vachellia seyal
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- سنط سيال
- arz
- سنط سيال
- Bambara
- Nsaajɛ
- Chinese
- 狭果金合欢, 塞伊耳金合欢, 塞伊耳相思树, 塞伊耳相思樹, 红铁金合欢
- English
- Shittimwood, Talh
- Esperanto
- Ruĝa akacio
- German
- Seyal-Akazie
- Hebrew
- שיטת הסיאל
- Korean
- 붉은껍질바늘아카시아나무
- Persian
- واچلیا سیال
- Wolof
- Suuruur
Synonyms
- Acacia flava var. seyal (Delile) Roberty
- Acacia seyal Delile
- Acacia seyal var. seyal
Photos
Photo: لا روسا, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn Appel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn Appel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn Appel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chiswick Chap, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.