Common Hook-thorn Acacia

Acacia caffra

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
• Treelist Melville Koppies
• PlantZAfrica

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Dec. 17, 2025, 10:47 a.m.	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species Soil: sandy
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) fayne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by fayne source
• (c) fayne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by fayne source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Joseph Heymans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Joseph Heymans source
• (c) Justin Hawthorne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Justin Hawthorne source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Charles Stirton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Charles Stirton source
• (c) bosmuis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by bosmuis source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source