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Vachellia azuana

Vachellia azuana
Photo: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Dominican Rep.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Vachellia azuana is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub with yellow flowers and dehiscent fruits. The species is native to the Dominican Republic, and was described in 2014.

Where it grows

Vachellia azuana is native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of the southwestern Dominican Republic. It grows at elevations of up to 100 metres (330 ft), and is often found near Parasenegalia skleroxyla, Croton, Caesalpinia, and Uniola virgata.

Other Vachellia plants

Vachellia albicorticata · Vachellia aroma var. aroma · Vachellia aroma var. huarango · Vachellia bucheri · Vachellia caven var. caven · Vachellia caven var. dehiscens · Vachellia caven var. microcarpa · Vachellia caven var. stenocarpa · Vachellia cernua · Vachellia flava · Vachellia haematoxylon · Vachellia kirkii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vachellia azuana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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