Vachellia californica is a small tree native to Mexico. Despite the epithet, this species is not found in California. It was discovered in Baja California Sur, and also grow in the Mexican states on the other side of the Gulf of California (Sinaloa and Sonora).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Vachellia californica being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Microlobius foetidus
- Pithecellobium dulce
- Haematoxylum brasiletto
- Vachellia rigidula
- Ebenopsis ebano
- Ebenopsis confinis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
- Species
- Vachellia californica
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