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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Vachellia tortuosa (L.) Seigler & Ebinger
Poponax (Florida Atlas, PLANTS)

Vachellia tortuosa
Copyright by: Jimi Sadle
In habitat, Everglades Natiional Park, 2007

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, South Florida, Central America and northern South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Synonyms: Acacia tortuosa

Other data on Vachellia tortuosa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Vachellia tortuosa has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Vachellia tortuosa
Copyright by: Jimi Sadle
In habitat, Everglades Natiional Park, 2007
Vachellia tortuosa
Copyright by: Jimi Sadle
In habitat, Everglades Natiional Park, 2011
Vachellia tortuosa
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Vachellia tortuosa
Copyright by: Jimi Sadle
In habitat, Everglades Natiional Park, 2007