Fabaceae
Umbrella thorn
Vachellia tortilis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
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Common names
By language (21)
- Afrikaans
- Haak-en-steek
- Amharic
- ደወኒ ግራር
- Arabic
- سنط ملتوي, الأكاسيا المفتولة, سمر, شوك الجمل, طلح, مبروم, ملفوف
- arz
- سنط ملتوى
- Asturian
- Alcacia parasol
- Bambara
- Bagifin
- Chinese
- 叠伞金合欢, 扭荚金合欢
- Czech
- Akácie zkroucená
- English
- Umbrella thorn
- Finnish
- Kierreakaasia
- Hebrew
- שיטת הסוכך
- Hungarian
- Ernyőakácia
- Korean
- 우산아카시아나무
- Persian
- سمر
- Shona
- Ingoka
- Slovenian
- Dežnikasta akacija
- Somali
- Qurac, Qudhac
- Tamil
- வச்செலியா டோர்டைலிசு
- Tswana
- Mosu
- Turkish
- Afrika akasyası
- Wolof
- Séng
Synonyms
- Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne
- Acacia tortilis subsp. tortilis
- Mimosa tortilis Forssk.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May, September to December (from 52 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rabah Al-Shammary, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Florian Prischl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY 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.