Hebrew: שיטת הנגב, Arabic: سنط غليظ الحبوب
| Scientific name: | Acacia pachyceras O.Schwartz | |
| Synonym name: | Acacia negevensis (Zohary) Zohary | |
| Synonym name: | Acacia gerrardii Benth. | |
| English name: | Acacia | |
| Hebrew/שם עברי: | שיטת הנגב | |
| Arabic/الاسم العربي: | سنط غليظ الحبوب | |
| Español: | Acacia pachyceras | |
| Family: | Mimosaceae, שיטיים |
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| Life form: | Phanerophyte, tree | |
| Spinescence: | Stipules | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, pinnate | |
| Flowers: | Yellow | |
| Flowering Period: | June, July, August, September, October, November, December | |
| Habitat: | Desert, thermophilous (heat-loving) | |
| Distribution: | Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה: | Sudanian-African | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
Derivation of the botanical name: Acacia, from the Greek word akis, meaning a point or a barb. pachyceras, pachy- (παχυϛ), thick-, stout-; ceras, -horn. The hebrew word: שיטה, shittah (Acacia, tree and a wood), borrowed from Arabic sant, سنط, in ancient Egyptian: Sndt, Sntt.
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