''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. ''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'' and '' Heniocha dyops'' (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 {{Caesalpinioideae-stub