swarthaak

alternative zwart haak

1. South AfricaAn African thorn tree, Senegalia mellifera.

   The vegetation on this plateau is chiefly vaal and rosyntjiebos, with areas of swarthaak and Karroo veld.

   1947, Journal of the South African Veterinary Medical Association, page 156

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   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 […].

   1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 302

   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 […].

   2013, Holzner & Numata, editor, Biology and ecology of weeds, page 430

   Synonyms: Acacia mellifera, Mimosa mellifera, blackthorn