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Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.)Skeels

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Elephantorrhiza Benth.

Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.)Skeels [Preferred name]
    Acacia elephantina Burchard {Synonym}
    Elephantorrhiza burchellii Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Elandsboontjie [25]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Botswana (N) [25]; Lesotho (N) [25]; Mozambique (N) [25]; Namibia (N) [25]; South Africa (N) [25]; Swaziland (N) [25]; Zimbabwe (N) [25]
  Asia
India (I) [3366]; Delhi [3366]; Haryana [3366]; Punjab [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland. [19];
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; shrubland [6];
    Zambezian grassland [19];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [25] ; Distribution Map [25] ; Illustration [19, 26]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Chemical products [25]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

6.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

19.

  Ross, J.H., 1975
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.

25.

  Ross, J.H., 1974
    Bothalia 11:247-57. The genus Elephantorrhiza

26.

  Phillips, E.P., 1923
    Bothalia 1:187-193.Species of Elephantorrhiza ...

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

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