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Vachellia tomentosa

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Vachellia tomentosa
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. tomentosa
Binomial name
Vachellia tomentosa
(Rottler) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Synonyms[1]
  • Acacia chrysocoma Miq. (1855)
  • Acacia tomentella var. chrysocoma (Miq.) Backer (1908)
  • Acacia tomentosa (Rottler) Willd. (1806)
  • Mimosa cavaty-tooma Roxb. ex DC. in Prodr. 2: 462 (1825)
  • Mimosa kleinii Poir. (1810)
  • Mimosa tomentosa Rottler (1803)

Vachellia tomentosa is a species of flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae). It is a shrub or tree which ranges from India to Indochina, and to Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Maluku.[1]

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