Meaning of swarthaak | Babel Free

Definitions

An African thorn tree, Senegalia mellifera.

South-Africa

Examples

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

“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 […].”

“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 […].”

CEFR level