Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi (code: ACACTORT)
umbrella thorn (en), ltepes (ke)
- Family: Fabaceae
- Wikipedia: LINK
- Uses: firewood timber charcoal
- Morphology: Twigs with pairs of straight, long, white thorns and pairs of shorter, curved dark thorns. Leaves approx. 2.5 cm long, pinnate, with 4 to 10 pairs of pinnae, each with up to 15 pairs of leaflets. Pods coiled.
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