| Scientific Name | Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb. subsp. kraussiana (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Synonyms | Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd. var. kraussiana Benth., Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile subsp. kraussiana (Benth.) Brenan, Mimosa nilotica in sense of Thunb. (in part), in Prodr. Pl. Cap., 1800, not of L. (misapplied name) | Common Names | Black Thorn (e), Lekkerruikpeul (a), Moga (tw), Mogohlo (ns), Mokhi (tw), Mooka (ns), Motlhabakgôsi (tw), Motsha (tw), Motshi (tw), Red-heart Thorn-tree (e), Scented Pod (e), Scented Thorn (e), Snuifpeul (a), Stinkpeul (a), Swart-peuldoring (a), Swartsaadpeul (a), Umnqawe (z) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/03/03 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | It is widespread across Limpopo and northern North West Province, extending southwards through the Mpumalanga Lowveld to the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. It also occurs in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Mafikeng Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Lydenburg Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Roodeberg Bushveld, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Tsende Mopaneveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Mopane Basalt Shrubland, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Mopane Gabbro Shrubland, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Barberton Serpentine Sourveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Northern Lebombo Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Zululand Lowveld, Zululand Coastal Thornveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Malelane Mountain Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld | Description | Plants grow in dry thornveld, river valley scrub, woodland, bushveld and scrub. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb. subsp. kraussiana (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr. | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile subsp. kraussiana (Benth.) Brenan | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb. subsp. kraussiana (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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