Thorn Tree (Mghamba)
Vachellia xanthophloea
About Thorn Tree (Mghamba)
Thorn Tree (Mghamba) (Vachellia xanthophloea) is a herb used in the East African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Malaria, Eye Health, and Wound Healing, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the Fabaceae family and is commonly known in English as the fever tree (local East African names include olerai, kimwea, murera, and mwelele). This species of Vachellia is native to eastern and southern Africa. It can be found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It has also become a landscape tree in other warm climates, outside of its natural range.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist