Latitudinal range: 18.5° to 29.1°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2)

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Biogeographic distribution: Australasia, Nearctic, Neotropic, Central America, South America

Found in two samples

Mexico: Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve (trees), Northeastern Coastal Plain of Coahuila (Quercus fusiformis forest)

See also Vachellia, Vachellia leucophloea, Vachellia nilotica, Vachellia pennatula, Vachellia seyal, Vachellia sieberiana