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Latin name	Acacia greggii A.Gray var. greggii
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MW MC SW SC North America (S USA: Nevada to Texas; N Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC
Height	S?
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Acacia greggii var. arizonica Isely
English name	typical catclaw acacia; long-flower catclaw
French name	acacia ongle-du-chat typique
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Latin name	Acacia greggii var. wrightii (Benth.) Isely
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC SW SC North America (USA: Texas; Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MC SW SC
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer calc
Use	fd (honey) fr fw pl ti
Synonym	Acacia wrightii Benth. Senegalia wrightii (Benth.) Britton & Rose
English name	Wright catclaw acacia; catclaw, long-flower catclaw, Texas catclaw, Wright acacia, Wright catclaw, Wright’s acacia
French name	acacia ongle-du-chat de Wright; acacia de Wright
Spanish name	uña de gato
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Latin name	Acacia hindsii Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hel
Use	dr (bark)
Synonym	Acacia bursaria Schenck Acacia sinaloensis Saff. Acacia tepicana Saff. Myrmecodendron hindsii (Benth.) Britton & Rose
English name	Hinds acacia
French name	acacia de Hinds
Spanish name	cornizuelo (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); cornezuelo, hormiguillo, huizcolote (Mexico)
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Latin name	Acacia interior (Britton & Rose) McVaugh
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Synonym	Senegalia interior Britton & Rose
English name	interior acacia
French name	acacia de l’intérieur
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Latin name	Acacia janzenii Ebinger & Seigler
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	Janzen acacia
French name	acacia de Janzen
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Latin name	Acacia kelloggiana A.M.Carter & Rudd
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SW North America (Mexico: Baja California)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	S
Foliage	D
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English name	Kellogg acacia
French name	acacia de Kellogg
Spanish name	carabatilla de espina negra
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Latin name	Acacia macilenta Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hel [calc]
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Synonym	Senegalia macilenta (Rose) Britton & Rose
English name	thin acacia
French name	acacia mince
Spanish name	barragán, chalchacahuite
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Latin name	Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	S North America (USA: Georgia and Florida; Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics and subtropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer calc
Use	cl? dr (crushed leaves mouthwash for gumdisease, leaves decoction taken orally or applied for dysentery, chronic diarrhea and gangrene, roots and leaves drink or warm water bath for fever, roots and leaves wash and compress for infected sore) fw ma pl ti
Synonym	Acacia flexuosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Acacia lutea (Mill.) Britton non Leavenw. Acacia lutea (Mill.) Hitch. Acacia macrantha Kunth Acacia macrantha Pittier Acacia macrantha var. glabrens Eggers Acacia macranthoides Bertero ex DC. Acacia obtusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Acacia pellacantha Vogel Acacia subinermis Bertero ex DC. Mimosa flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir. Mimosa lutea Mill. Mimosa macrantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir. Poponax canescens Britton ex Britton & Killip Poponax flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip Poponax lutea (Mill.) Britton & Rose Poponax macrantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Killip Poponax macranthoides (Bertero ex DC.) Britton & Rose Vachellia lutea f. thlipsacantha Speg.
English name	longspine acacia; Creole casha (Netherlands Antilles); French casha, long-spine acacia; long spined acacia, long-spined acacia (Bahamas); parknut; park-nut (Jamaica); porknut; Spanish casha (Netherlands Antilles); steel acacia (USA); stinh casha (Virgin Islands); stink casha; strink casha (Virgin Islands); wild tamarind (Jamaica, Virgin Islands)
French name	acacia piquant; acacia (Haiti); acacia savane p.p.; cambrón, carambouba (Haiti)
Spanish name	acacia (Hispaniola); acacia aroma (Dominican Republic); algarrobo (Ecuador, Venezuela); aroma (Dominican Republic); aromo (Ecuador); cambrion, cambrón (Hispaniola); carambomba (Dominican Republic); casha; cuji, cuji negro (Venezuela); espina (Peru); espino, faique, guarango (Ecuador, Peru); guatapaná (Cuba); kini, sirado-sirao (Bolivia); tamarindo (Cuba, Haiti); tamarindo silvestre; taque (Ecuador, Peru); vilca (Ecuador)
Other name	karambouba, zakasya pikan (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Acacia mayana Lundell
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Chiapas; Guatemala: Petén and Alta Verapaz)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	Maya acacia
French name	acacia des Mayas
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Latin name	Acacia melanoceras Beurl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	fr
Synonym	Acacia multiglandulosa Schenck Myrmecodendron melanoceras (Beurlin) Britton & Rose
English name	blackhorn acacia; bullhorn acacia p.p.
French name	acacia à épines noires
Spanish name	cachito (Panama)
Other name	tila morbeb (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Acacia minuta (M.E.Jones) R.M.Beauch.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	M SC North America (USA: Texas to Florida; Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME SC
Height	S
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English name	minute acacia; coastal-scrub wattle, honey-ball, popinac, sweet acacia p.p.
French name	acacia ténu
Spanish name	aroma amarilla, huisache, vinorama (Mexico)
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Latin name	Acacia minuta ssp. densiflora (Alexander ex Small) R.M.Beauch.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	M North America (USA: Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME
Height	S?
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Synonym	Acacia densiflora (Alexander ex Small) Cory Vachellia densiflora Alexander ex Small
English name	denseflower minute acacia
French name	acacia ténu à fleurs denses
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Latin name	Acacia minuta (M.E.Jones) R.M.Beauch. ssp. minuta
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Texas; Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S
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Synonym	Acacia smallii Isely Pithecellobium minutum M.E.Jones
English name	typical minute acacia; coastal-scrub wattle, Small’s acacia
French name	acacia ténu typique
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Latin name	Acacia muricata (L.) Willd.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico to Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	[hel] hyg xer
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Synonym	Acacia nudiflora Willd. Acacia rohriana DC. Mimosa muricata L. Mimosa nigricans Vahl Senegalia muricata (L.) Britton & Rose
English name	spineless acacia; amarat (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); iron wood (Antigua); spineless wattle
French name	acacia tendre-à-cailloux; amourette (Martinique); tantacayo, tendre à caillou; tendre à cailloux (Martinique)
Spanish name	cajoba, tamarindo cimarrón (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Acacia occidentalis Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	pl (ornamental)
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English name	western acacia; tree catclaw
French name	acacia occidental
Spanish name	teso, tésota, uña de gato (Mexico)
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Latin name	Acacia peninsularis (Britton & Rose) Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SW North America (end Mexico: Baja California)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	S
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Synonym	Senegalia peninsularis Britton & Rose
English name	peninsular acacia
French name	acacia péninsulaire
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Latin name	Acacia pennatula (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Nicaragua) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Pichincha, Cotopaxi)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	S
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Use	dr (bark: remedy for indigestion) fd (seeds) fw pl (ornamental) ti (posts)
Synonym	Inga pennatula Cham. & Schltdl. Pithecellobium minutissimum M.E.Jones Poponax pennatula (Cham. & Schltdl.) Britton & Rose
English name	feather acacia
French name	acacia plume
Spanish name	acacia (Nicaragua); algarroba (Mexico); aromo, cambrón, carbón, carbón comayagüe (Nicaragua); espino, garrobo, huizache, huizache tepamo, huizoche, tepame (Mexico)
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Latin name	Acacia pennatula ssp. parvicephala Seigler & Ebinger
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	smallhead feather acacia
French name	acacia plume à petites fleurs
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Latin name	Acacia pennatula (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth. ssp. pennatula
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora to Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	typical feather acacia
French name	acacia plume typique
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Latin name	Acacia picachensis Brandegee
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	[calc]
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Synonym	Acacia deamii (Britton & Rose) Standl. Senegalia deamii Britton & Rose Senegalia picachensis (Brandegee) Britton & Rose
English name	MountPicachos acacia
French name	acacia du mont des Picachos
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Latin name	Acacia polyphylla DC.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer
Use	ma pl ti
Synonym	Senegalia polyphylla (DC.) Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip
English name	manyleaf acacia
French name	acacia multifolié
Spanish name	pashaco (Peru)
Other name	juqueri-guaçu, maricá, monjoleira, monjoleiro, paricá-branco, paricarana-de-espinho (Brazil)
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Latin name	Acacia pringlei Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico: Baja California to Yucatán)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	S[M]
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Synonym	Acaciopsis pringlei (Rose) Britton & Rose
English name	Pringle acacia
French name	acacia de Pringle
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Latin name	Acacia pringlei ssp. californica (Brandegee) Y.S.Lee, Seigler & Ebinger
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SW SC North America (Mexico: Baja California, Sonora)
North America distribution zone	SW SC
Height	S[M]
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Synonym	Acacia californica Brandegee Acacia sonorensis Rose Acaciopsis californica (Brandegee) Britton & Rose Acaciopsis sonorensis (Rose) Britton & Rose
English name	California Pringle acacia
French name	acacia de Pringle de Californie
Spanish name	guamúchil, guamuchilillo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Acacia pringlei Rose ssp. pringlei
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Tamaulipas to Yucatán)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Acacia conzattii Standl. Acacia sesquijuga (Britton & Rose) Standl. Acacia unijuga Rose Acaciopsis conzattii (Standl.) Britton & Rose Acaciopsis pringlei (Rose) Britton & Rose Acaciopsis sesquijuga Britton & Rose Acaciopsis unijuga (Rose) Britton & Rose
English name	typical Pringle acacia
French name	acacia de Pringle typique
Spanish name	gavia, quebracho (Mexico)
Other name	uthuthte (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Acacia rigidula Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Texas; Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer
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Synonym	Acacia amentacea DC. Acaciopsis amentacea (DC.) Britton & Rose Acaciopsis rigidula (Benth.) Britton & Rose
English name	blackbrush acacia; blackbrush
French name	acacia rigide
Spanish name	chaparro prieto; gavia (Mexico)
Other name	uthuthe (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Acacia riparia Kunth
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg->mes?
Use	fr?
Synonym	Acacia riparioides (Britton & Rose) Standl. Acacia tubulifera Benth. Senegalia riparia (Kunth) Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip Senegalia riparioides Britton & Rose
English name	riparian acacia
French name	acacia riverain
Spanish name	jamacuao (Honduras); zarza (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Acacia roemeriana Scheele
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: New Mexico and Texas; NE Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S
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Synonym	Acacia malacophylla Benth. Acacia roemerana Scheele Senegalia malacophylla (Benth. ex A.Gray) Britton & Rose Senegalia palmeri (S.Watson) Britton & Rose Senegalia roemerana (Scheele) Britton & Rose Senegalia roemeriana (Scheele) Britton & Rose
English name	Roemer acacia; catclaw, Roemer catclaw, round-flower catclaw
French name	acacia de Roemer
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Latin name	Acacia roigii Léon
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Roig acacia
French name	acacia de Roig
Spanish name	erizo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Acacia ruddiae D.H.Janzen
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to N Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	Rudd acacia
French name	acacia de Rudd
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Latin name	Acacia scleroxyla Tussac
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr (skin itch washed with crushed leaves)
Synonym	Acacia tenuifolia Descourt. non Willd. Acacia tenuifolia Tussac non Willd. Mimosa angustifolia Lam. Senegalia angustifolia Britton & Rose
English name	narrowleaf acacia
French name	acacia savane; basilic arbre, bois chandelle, bois savane, tendre à cailloux (Hispaniola)
Spanish name	padre-de-las-casas; candelón, corbano, taquito (Hispaniola)
Other name	bwa savann, kandelon, tandrakayou (creole, Haiti)
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