Thulin, M (1993) Fabaceae in Flora of Somalia 1: 341-465
Plants shrubs or small trees up to 6 m tall; young shoots villous with spreading, golden hairs 1.5-3 mm long. Stipular spines 0.7-4.5(-.65) cm long, straight. Leaves with 4-12 pairs of pinnae; leaflets 7-25 pairs per pinna, about 2-5.5 mm long and 1-1.5 mm wide. Inflorescences heads; peduncles 0,4-3 cm long, densely hairy; involucels basal or on the lower half of the peduncles; bracteoles ciliate or pubescent. Flowers white; calyces 1.7-2.5 mm long; corollas 2.5-3.5 mm long, the lobes conspicuously pubescent on the outside. Pods straight or someshat curved, thick and hard, bases attenuate, indehiscent, up to 9 cm long and 2.5 cm wide (in Somaliland and Somalia, usually 2-4.5 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide), densely clothed with long spreading hairs; seeds more or less epplpsoid, 4.5-9 mm in diamter, minutely wrinkled; areoles 4-7 mm long, 2.5-4.5 mm wide.
Vachellia stuhlmannii grows in deciduous bushland, often in alluval soils, at 100-750 m. It is known from all regions of Somaliland and Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Transvaal.
In November, 2021, the IUCN rated Vachellia stuhlmanii "LC" meaning it is of least concern. Despite this, its declining populations in Somaliland are of concern to local pastoralists.