Senegalia afra(ACACF)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: ACACF
- Preferred name: Senegalia afra
- Authority: (Thunberg) Hurter & Mabberley
Southern Africa (from Angola and Mozambique to South Africa)
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Acacia afra | (Thunberg) Willdenow |
| Acacia caffra | (Thunberg) Willdenow |
| Senegalia caffra | (Thunberg) Hurter & Mabberley |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| cat-thorn | English |
| common hook-thorn | English |
| gewone haakdoring | Afrikaans |
| katdoring | Afrikaans |
| wag-'n-bietjie | Afrikaans |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Caesalpinioideae (
1CAES )
Genus
Senegalia (
1SZGG )
Species
Senegalia afra (
ACACF )