Prickles or spines on trunk or stems

The following is a list of native or naturalised species which, at least some of the time, possess this spot-character.

Family	Species	Comment
Acanthaceae	Hygrophila auriculata
Apocynaceae subfamilies Apocynoideae and Rauvolfioideae	Diplorhynchus condylocarpon
Apocynaceae subfamilies Asclepiadoideae and Secamonoideae	Tavaresia barklyi
Balanitaceae	Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca
Convolvulaceae	Ipomoea alba
Cucurbitaceae	Acanthosicyos naudinianus	Tendrils modified to become spines
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia ingens
Euphorbiaceae	Ricinus communis var. communis	Spiny in some varieties
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia abyssinica subsp. calophylla
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia amythethophylla
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia arenaria
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia ataxacantha
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia burkei
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia erioloba
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia erubescens
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia farnesiana
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia fleckii
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia galpinii
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia goetzei subsp. microphylla
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia goetzei subsp. goetzei
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia karroo
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia kirkii subsp. kirkii var. kirkii
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia nigrescens
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia pentagona
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia schweinfurthii
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia senegal var. rostrata
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia sieberiana var. woodii
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia tortilis subsp. heteracantha
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Acacia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Dichrostachys cinerea
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae	Faidherbia albida
Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae	Bobgunnia madagascariensis
Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae	Erythrina abyssinica
Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae	Pterocarpus angolensis
Hernandiaceae	Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus
Irvingiaceae	Klainedoxa gabonensis
Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae	Adansonia digitata
Olacaceae	Ximenia afra var. afra
Olacaceae	Ximenia americana var. microphylla
Papaveraceae	Argemone mexicana
Polygalaceae	Securidaca longepedunculata
Rhamnaceae	Ziziphus abyssinica
Rhamnaceae	Ziziphus mucronata
Rutaceae	Citrus × aurantium
Rutaceae	Harrisonia abyssinica
Salicaceae	Flacourtia indica
Salvadoraceae	Azima tetracantha

Number of species: 51