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Botanical record

Vachellia sieberiana

Vachellia sieberiana is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Hausa.

Accepted botanical name
Vachellia sieberiana
Names as published
Acacia sieberiana
Common English
White thorn, African laburnum
Parts reported
leaves and stem bark
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 7564113 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 97% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Vachellia sieberiana

Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.

Local nameLanguageWhere recordedSource
Farar Kaya Hausa Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 2