Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Flame Thorn

Senegalia ataxacantha

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document Features
PlantZAfrica
Jan. 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
  • Bees
  • Butterflies
  • Drought-resistant
  • Easy to grow
  • Hedge
  • Attractive
  • Useful
  • Sun
  • Shrub
  • Tree
  • Pioneer species
  • Soil: clay
  • Soil: loam
  • Soil: sandy
  • Color data
  • Flowering data
Treelist Melville Koppies
May 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
  • Tree
  • Gauteng

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

  • (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
  • (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
  • (c) Hildegard Klein, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Hildegard Klein source
  • (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Swanepoel source
  • (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
  • (c) Robert Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Robert Taylor source
  • (c) Reuben Heydenrych, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Reuben Heydenrych source
  • (c) riana60, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by riana60 source
  • (c) riana60, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by riana60 source
  • (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
  • (c) Andrew Gillespie, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Andrew Gillespie source

Sources and references

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