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Dichrostachys cinerea (L.)Wight & Arn.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Dichrostachys (DC.)Wight & Arn.

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.)Wight & Arn. [Preferred name]
    Cailliea glomerata (Forssk.)J.F.Macbr. {Synonym}
    Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.)Chiov. {Synonym}
    Dichrostachys nutans (Pers.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Dichrostachys platycarpa Welw. {Synonym}
    Mimosa cinerea L. {Synonym}
    Mimosa glomerata Forssk. {Synonym}
    Mimosa nutans Pers. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Acacia Saint Dominique [1790]; Aroma [1790]; Marabu [1790]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [6]; Benin (N) [21]; Botswana (N) [6]; Burundi (N) [21]; Cameroon (N) [21]; Cape Verde (N) [6]; Central African Rep. (N) [21]; Chad (N) [64]; Egypt (I) [21]; Ethiopia (N) [6]; Gambia The (N) [21]; Ghana (N) [21]; Guinea (N) [21]; Guinea Bissau (N) [21]; Kenya (N) [6]; Liberia (N) [21]; Malawi (N) [6]; Mali (N) [561]; Mozambique (N) [6]; Namibia (N) [6]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [21]; Rwanda (N) [6]; Senegal (N) [6]; Sierra Leone (N) [21]; Somalia (N) [6]; South Africa (N) [6]; Sudan (N) [6]; Swaziland (N) [6]; Tanzania (N) [6]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [21]; Zaire (N) [6, 21]; Zambia (N) [6]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  Asia
China (I) [2085, 3403]; Guangdong [3403]; East Timor (N) [2022]; India (N) [21, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3094, 3099, 3143, 3372, 3375, 3387, 3587, 3623]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3623]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3099]; Orissa [3587]; Punjab [3143]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; Indonesia (N) [21, 2022]; Jawa (N) [2022]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [2022]; Myanmar (N) [21]; Pakistan (I) [2010]; Sri Lanka (N) [21]; Sumatera (N) [2022]; Thailand (I) [21, 1998]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [21, 1915, 2022]
  Caribbean
Cuba (I) [21, 1409, 1790]; Guadeloupe (I) [1790]; Martinique (I) [1790]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (N) [21]; Madagascar (I) [3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]
  North America
United States (I) [21, 1850, 3157]; California [3157]; Florida [1850, 3157]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [1];
    Sudanian wooded grassland [11];
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [1];
    Zambezian woodland [1];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [6, 1790, 1859, 1915, 1927, 1998, 2022, 3386, 3402, 3403, 3898] ; Illustration [6, 1409, 1790, 1859, 1915, 2022, 3386, 3403]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Shrub [1915] [2022] [3402], Tree [1915] [2022] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia)

  
USES:
  Domestic [1927]; Environmental [1790, 1998, 3402]; Forage [22]; Medicine [14, 22, 1927]; Weed [1409]; Wood [14, 22, 1409]

  
NOTES:
  Reported for Cuba under D.glomerata. [1409]
  A native of tropical Africa. Has been introduced into Thailand as [1998]
  an ornamental tree; not yet naturalized. [1998]
  Brenan & Brummitt recognise 10 ssp., only one of which occurs in Malesia. [2022]

  
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