Taxon: Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.

Summary

Genus:

Vachellia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Acacieae

Nomen number:

450067

Place of publication:

Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 272. 1834

Verified:

05/11/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks.

Other conspecific taxa

Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. var. pinetorum (F. J. Herm.) Seigler & Ebinger (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Mimosa farnesiana L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia minuta (M. E. Jones) R. M. Beauch.
Acacia smallii Isely
Pithecellobium minutum M. E. Jones
Vachellia densiflora Alexander ex Small

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Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
Clarke, H. D. et al. 1989. Acacia farnesiana (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) and related species from Mexico, the southwestern U.S., and the Caribbean. Syst. Bot. 14:559. Note: = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii) Note: = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. Note: = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
Seigler, D. S. & J. E. Ebinger. 2006. New combinations in the genus Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from the New World. Phytologia 87:139-178.
Space, J. C. & C. T. Imada. 2004. Report to the Republic of Kiribati on invasive plant species on the islands of Tarawa, Abemama, Butaritari and Maiana. Pacific Biol. Surv. 2003-006:1-103. Note: = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	SEQ	CITATION
English	cassie	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Ellington-curse	1	Space, J. C. & C. T. Imada. 2004. Report to the Republic of Kiribati on invasive plant species on the islands of Tarawa, Abemama, Butaritari and Maiana. Pacific Biol. Surv. 2003-006:1-103. Note: = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
English	fragrant acacia	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	huisache	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	ironwood	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	mimosa-bush	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	opopanax	1	Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
English	prickly mimosa-bush	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	prickly moses	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	prickly-mimosa	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	scented wattle	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	sweet acacia	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	sweet wattle	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
French	cassie ancienne	2	Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery.
French	cassie Farnese	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German	Antillenakazie	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Schwammbaum	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Guam	popinac	2	Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Italian	gaggia	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Spanish	aromo	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	bayahonda	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	coromo	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	espino blanco	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	popine	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Swedish	doftakacia	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	jin he haun	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America		Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	n.w.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana	s.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona	s.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California	San Diego Co.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Montserrat
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama	Coclé
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama	Panamá
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
2	Cultivated	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France
4	Naturalized					natzd. elsewhere in tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions

Native
Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (n.w.), Louisiana (s.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.), California (San Diego Co.)]
REGION: Mexico

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis [Saint Kitts], St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico], St. Vincent and Grenadines
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama [Coclé, Panamá], El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru

Cultivated
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Israel, Syria

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India

Europe

SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Bee plants	honey production		Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmental	ornamental		Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
Environmental	soil improver		Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
Food additives	flavoring		Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materials	essential oils	used in perfumery	Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery.
Materials	lipids		Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materials	tannin/dyestuff		Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. Note: = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines	folklore	as Acacia farnesiana	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Weed	potential seed contaminant		Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=450067. Accessed 13 December 2025.