Vachellia horrida

{{Short description|Species of legume}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Acacia-horrida.jpg

|genus = Vachellia

|species = horrida

|authority = (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr.{{cite journal |vauthors=Kyalangalilwa B, Boatwright JS, Daru BH, Maurin O, van der Bank M | title = Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. | journal = Bot J Linn Soc | volume = 172 | issue = 4 | pages = 500–523 | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/boj.12047 | doi-access = free | hdl = 10566/3454 | hdl-access = free }}

|range_map = Acacia-horrida-range-map.png

|range_map_caption = Range of Vachellia horrida

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/?sciname=Mimosa+horrida|title=ILDIS LegumeWeb (version 10)|website=www.ildis.org}}

|synonyms = * Acacia horrida (L.) Willd.

• Acacia latronum (L.f.) Willd.
• Mimosa horrida L.
• Mimosa latronum L. f.

|subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

|subdivision_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/fam/f2.shtml|title=legumeweb_6.00_fam_f2.shtml [ILDIS]|website=www.ildis.org}}

|subdivision = * Vachellia horrida subsp. benadirensis (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

• Vachellia horrida subsp. horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

}}

Vachellia horrida is a low spreading shrub or sometimes tree native to both the wet and dry scrublands of tropical to subtropical East Africa.{{cite book|last = Dharani|first = Najma|title=Field Guide to Acacias of East Africa|publisher = Struik Publishers|date = January 2006|isbn=978-1-77007-174-2}} Common names for it are Cape gum, Karroo Thorn and dev-babul.{{Cite web|last=Mifsud|first=Stephen|date=2002-08-23|title=Acacia karroo (Karroo Thorn) : MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands.|url=https://www.maltawildplants.com/MIMO/Acacia_karroo.php|access-date=2021-12-27|website=www.maltawildplants.com|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227144951/https://www.maltawildplants.com/MIMO/Acacia_karroo.php|url-status=dead}} It is also found elsewhere in Africa, Asia, India and South America. It frequently has stipular spines 9.5 cm long.[https://books.google.com/books?id=CfDcl2m-6BMC&dq=%22acacia+longifolia%22+uses&pg=PA8 Google Books] Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or Naturalization By Ferdinand von Mueller V. horrida is an important browse plant in the tropics, particularly during the dry season.{{cite journal|last = Getachew|first = G.|title = Tropical browses: contents of phenolic compounds, in vitro gas production and stoichiometric relationship between short chain fatty acid and in vitro gas production|journal = Journal of Agricultural Science|volume = 139|issue = 3|pages = 341–352|year = 2002|author2 = H. P. S. Makkar|author3=K. Becker|doi = 10.1017/S0021859602002393|s2cid = 84543893}}