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Vachellia tortuosa, the twisted acacia , poponax or huisachillo, is a woody, leguminous thorn tree of the Caribbean, Florida, southern Texas, northeastern and central Mexico, and northern South America. It is found in tropical and desert habitats, such as the Rio Grande Valley, Central Mexican Plateau, and Colombian Tatacoa Desert. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Lonely Planet's digital presence included 140 apps and 8.5 million unique users for lonelyplanet.com, which hosted the Thorn Tree travel forum. [16] In 2011, BBC Worldwide acquired the remaining 25% of the company for £42.1 million (A$67.2 million) from the Wheelers.
Crataegus crus-galli is a species of hawthorn known by the common names cockspur hawthorn and cockspur thorn. It is native to North America and is widely used in horticulture . It produces edible fruit.
Thorn tree may refer to: The common name for several species of trees in tropical or temperate climates that have spiky, thornlike leaves, e.g. the Acacia and the boxthorn (Lycium) Thorntree, a housing estate in the town of Middlesbrough, in North East England; A long-running travel-related discussion forum on the Web site of Lonely Planet
Vachellia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, commonly known as thorn trees or acacias. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Its species were considered members of genus Acacia until 2009. [2] [3] Vachellia can be distinguished from other acacias by its capitate inflorescences and spinescent stipules. [4]
Vachellia tortilis, widely known as Acacia tortilis but now attributed to the genus Vachellia, [4] is the umbrella thorn acacia, also known as umbrella thorn and Israeli babool, [5] a medium to large canopied tree native to most of Africa, primarily to the savanna and Sahel of Africa (especially the Somali peninsula and Sudan), but also occurring in the Middle East.
Faidherbia is a thorny tree growing up to 6–30 m (20–98 ft) tall and up to 2 m (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in trunk diameter. Its deep-penetrating tap root makes it highly resistant to drought. The bark is grey, and fissured when old.
Crataegus pennsylvanica, known as the Pennsylvania thorn, [2] is a species of hawthorn native to Delaware, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, [2] that grows to about 8 m in height. [2] The mature trees have few thorns. [2]