Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Vachellia macracantha, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Phytologia 87: 160 (2005 publ. 2006)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	2006	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Porknut	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	S. Florida, Mexico to Trop. America to N. Chile	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	785 cm	785 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 66 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 184, 873	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	empty	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444	Sourced

Vachellia macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger, 2006 14% complete

Porknut

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