| Fever tree | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Vachellia |
| Species: | V. xanthophloea
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| Binomial name | |
| Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Acacia xanthophloea Benth. | |
Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the family Fabaceae, commonly known in English as the fever tree.[3] This species of Vachellia is native to eastern and southern Africa (Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe). It has also become a landscape tree in other warm climates, outside of its natural range.
- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Vachellia xanthophloea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T147140093A147140095. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T147140093A147140095.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Kyalangalilwa B, Boatwright JS, Daru BH, Maurin O, van der Bank M (2013). "Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia". Bot J Linn Soc. 172 (4): 500–523. doi:10.1111/boj.12047. hdl:10566/3454.
- ^ "Vachellia xanthophloea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 15 June 2020.