Fabaceae FAMILY

Vachellia macracantha

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Vachellia macracantha specimens are usually cyanogenic (capable of producing the toxin hydrogen cyanide). Eightynine percent of specimens from Mexico and Central America were found to be cyanogenic, whilst 91% of specimens examined from South America tested positive for cyanide, usually strongly so. The compound proacacipetalin is responsible for this activity

Botanical Description

Vachellia macracantha is a tree growing up to 10 metres tall. The plant is sometimes cultivated for its tannins and for fuel[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - all countries except Uruguay and Brazil; C. America - Panama, Mexico; Caribbean - Trinidad to the Bahamas; N. America - Florida

HabitatShrubby vegetation, successional fields, edge of roads, thorn-scrub forests, dry forests, savannahs, dry deciduous forests; at elevations from sea level to 1,700 metres.