Umbrella Thorn

Vachellia tortilis

Inclusion rationale

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

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping
• Treelist Melville Koppies

Features data

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

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Bees Birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fragrant Medicinal Useful Sun Tree Soil: clay Soil: loam Color data Flowering data
Treelist Melville Koppies May 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.	Tree Gauteng
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Sun Tree Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

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

• (c) David Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Renoult source
• (c) Franco Colnago, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Franco Colnago source
• (c) Altaf Habib, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Altaf Habib source
• (c) Sylvain Piry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sylvain Piry source
• (c) Omer Dan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Omer Dan source
• (c) Jennifer Rycenga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jennifer Rycenga source
• (c) Theodore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Theodore source
• (c) Rabah Al-Shammary, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rabah Al-Shammary source
• (c) Teddy Kinyanjui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Teddy Kinyanjui source
• (c) Botswanabugs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Botswanabugs source