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    Vachellia tortilis, widely known as Acacia tortilis but now attributed to the genus Vachellia, is the umbrella thorn acacia, also known as umbrella thorn...
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    are modified stipules, situated near the leaf bases. Some (cf. V. tortilis, Vachellia hebeclada [Wikidata], V. luederitzii and V. reficiens) are also armed...
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    Shittah tree (category Vachellia)
    the genera Vachellia and Faidherbia (both formerly classed in Acacia). Faidherbia albida, Vachellia seyal, Vachellia tortilis, and Vachellia gerrardii...
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    Tree of Ténéré (category Vachellia)
    The Ténéré Tree (French: L'Arbre du Ténéré) was a solitary acacia (Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana) that was once considered the most isolated tree on...
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    dominated by Avicennia marina and the savanna by Prosopis cineraria and Vachellia tortilis. Masirah Island is an important breeding area for the loggerhead sea...
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    found except at the outer margin (typically Acacia ehrenbergiana, Vachellia tortilis, Balanites aegyptiaca, Olea europaea, Cupressus sempervirens, and...
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    Vachellia abyssinica, the flat top acacia, is a tree up to 16 m tall. Its bark is reddish-brown on older trees. On younger trees it is pale yellowish-brown...
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    woodlands ecoregion. Vegetation in this area includes trees such as Vachellia tortilis, Vachellia seyal, myrtle and Tamarix aphylla which are scattered throughout...
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  • due to lower salinity groundwater. Groves of umbrella thorn acacia (Vachellia tortilis), growing in shallow sandy depressions, and Phragmites swamps represent...
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    landscape due to the heavily weathered soil. A native species of tree, Vachellia tortilis (known locally as samr) is well adapted to the desert environment...
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