Vachellia cornigera (Linnaeus.) Seigler & Ebinger

• Common Name: Bull-thorn Acacia
• Family: Fabaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: Mexico to Costa Rica
• Habitat: Wet sites in lowlands

• Description: Small tree to shrub, leaves bipinnate, pairs of large, semi-hollow spines inhabited by ants. This type of ant/plant symbiotic association is known as a myrmecophyte.

  Yellow flowers in dense spikes up to 1.5 inches long.

• Uses: Bark extract has been shown to have anti - inflammatory effects, further studies are underway.

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Accession Data:

• Accession # 200300277
• Source: Marcia Kirinus - Duke
• Accession Date: 08-19-2003
• Bench: 1310 - NEO:Central America A
• Qty: 3 confirmed on 05-22-2013

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: eurosid I
• Order: Fabales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Fabaceae
• SubFamily: Mimosoideae
• Tribe: Acacieae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. Vachellia cornigera Factsheet

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