''Senegalia hereroensis'' is a species of trees in the genus ''
Senegalia
''Senegalia'' (from Senegal and ''Acacia senegal'' (L.) Willd.) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the Mimosoid clade. Until 2005, its species were considered members of ''Acacia.''
The genus was considered polyp ...
''. It is
indigenous to Southern Africa, and its native range includes western Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia, and the Northern Provinces, Cape Provinces, and Free State of South Africa. It is native to
Zambezian wooded grassland (savanna), and wooded grasslands of the Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone.
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''Senegalia hereroensis'' may be confused with '']Senegalia caffra
''Senegalia caffra'', also known as hook-thorn or ''Acacia caffra'', is a tree that occurs commonly in southern Africa. Though it is cultivated, it often occurs naturally in Gauteng suburban gardens, together with '' Acacia karroo'' and ''Acacia ...
'' but it has more robust prickles.
The larvae of the moths ''Phyllonorycter leucaspis
''Phyllonorycter leucaspis'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia. The habitat consists of richly vegetated valleys between 1,600 and 1,900 meters elevation dominated by '' Acacia hereroensis'', ''Dombeya rotundifolia' ...
'' and ''Heniocha dyops
''Heniocha dyops'', the marbled emperor, is a moth of the family Saturniidae First described by J. Peter Maassen in 1872. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Congo, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, and Tanzania.
The larv ...
'' (marbled emperor) feed on ''S. hereroensis''.
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hereroensis
Flora of Botswana
Flora of Namibia
Flora of South Africa
Flora of Zimbabwe
Taxa named by Adolf Engler
Plants described in 2013
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