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swarthaak

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swarthaak

  1. (South Africa) An African thorn tree, Senegalia mellifera.
    • 1947, Journal of the South African Veterinary Medical Association, page 156:
      The vegetation on this plateau is chiefly vaal and rosyntjiebos, with areas of swarthaak and Karroo veld.
    • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 302:
      On the farm of my boyhood friend Gys there had also been a row of old Griqua graves in the open veld among the swarthaak thorn-trees, far from the house […].
    • 2013, Holzner & Numata, editor, Biology and ecology of weeds, page 430:
      Some of the main, or pioneering woody invaders in various parts are: Acacia mellifera var. detinens, known as swarthaak, which has invaded about 2 million ha, notably in the northern Cape and western Transvaal […].

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