Vachellia cornigera

Vachellia cornigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Vachellia
Species:
V. cornigera
Binomial name
Vachellia cornigera
(L.) Seigler & Ebinger
Range of Vachellia cornigera
Synonyms
  • Acacia campecheana Schenck
  • Acacia cornigera (L.) Willd.
  • Acacia cornigera var. americana DC.
  • Acacia cubensis Schenck
  • Acacia furcella Saff.
  • Acacia hernandezii Saff.
  • Acacia interjecta Schenck
  • Acacia rossiana Schenck
  • Acacia spadicigera Schldl. & Cham.
  • Acacia turgida Saff.
  • Mimosa cornigera L.
  • Tauroceras cornigerum (L.)Britton & Rose
  • Tauroceras spadicigerum (Schldl. & Cham.)Britton & Rose[1]

Vachellia cornigera, commonly known as bullhorn acacia (family Fabaceae), is a swollen-thorn tree and myrmecophyte native to Mexico and Central America. The common name of "bullhorn" refers to the enlarged, hollowed-out, swollen thorns (technically called stipular spines) that occur in pairs at the base of leaves, and resemble the horns of a steer. In Yucatán (one region where the bullhorn acacia thrives) it is called "subín", in Panamá the locals call them "cachito" (little horn). The trees are commonly found in wet lowlands[2]

  1. ^ Acacia cornigera (ILDIS LegumeWeb)
  2. ^ Morse, Clinton. "Vachellia cornigera {Fabaceae} Bull-thorn Acacia". florawww.eeb.uconn.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-24.