Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin, belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae.
Other genera formerly included under Acacia, and still sometimes referred to by that name (or as Acacia sensu lato, include:
- Faidherbia
- Vachellia
- Senegalia
- Mariosousa
- Acaciella
- Shittah tree (Acacia referenced in the Hebrew Bible possibly referring to Faidherbia and/or Vachellia above)
Acacia may also refer to:
- Acacia (band), a British pop band from the 1990s
- The Acacia Strain, an American metalcore band formed in 2001
- Acacia (film), a 2003 South Korean horror film
- Acacia: The War with the Mein, a novel by American author David Anthony Durham
- Acacia Avenue, a placeholder name for an English suburban road
- Acacia (fraternity), a social fraternity based on Masonic traditions
- Acacia Mining, an English mining company operating in Tanzania
- Acacia Prison, a private prison in Western Australia
- Acacia Research, a patent enforcement entity
- Gum acacia, another name for Gum arabic
- USCGC ACACIA (WLB-406)
- USS Acacia, a steam-powered tugboat in the service of the US Navy during the American Civil War
- 2S3 Akatsiya, Russian for acacia, a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled artillery
Places
- Acacías, a town and municipality of Meta Department, Colombia
- Las Acacias (Madrid), a ward of Madrid, Spain
- Las Acacias, Montevideo, a ward of Montevideo, Uruguay
- San Acacia, New Mexico, an unincorporated community, United States
See also
- Acacia Park (disambiguation)
- Acacius, a masculine given name
- Acaiaca, a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil
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