Senegalia thomasii
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|species = thomasii
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Senegalia thomasii is a species within the family Fabaceae{{Cite web |title=Senegalia thomasii (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr. |url=http://worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001336812 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=worldfloraonline.org |language=en}} that grows as a straggling shrub or tree.{{Cite thesis |title=A taxonomic study of the acacia pollen grains in Kenya |url=http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/21849 |publisher=University of Nairobi |date=1987 |degree=Thesis |language=en |first=Charles A. |last=Aketch}} It is commonly found in Kenya.
Description
The species is a shrub or small tree that grows up to 12 m tall, its branches are elongated and straight or virgately branched, young branches are commonly grayish in color and are densely pubescent.{{Cite journal |last=Ross |first=J. H. |date=1975-11-13 |title=The Acacia Senegal complex |url=https://journals.abcjournal.aosis.co.za/index.php/abc/article/view/1485 |journal=Bothalia |language=en |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=453–462 |doi=10.4102/abc.v11i4.1485 |issn=2311-9284|doi-access=free }} It has prickles in threes that are usually blackish and slightly below the nodes, prickles can be up to 7.5 mm long. Leaves: 1–2 pairs of pinnae, 7–15 leaflets per pinnae, leaf outline is oblong; petiole is up to 2 cm long and rachis is up to 8 cm long. Inflorescence: spikes up to 10 cm long, calyx 3–4, glabrous and up to 5 mm long, corolla 6, about 5–7 mm long and also glabrous. Fruits are brown to yellowish brown pods containing circular to lenticular shaped seeds.