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Acacia abyssinica Benth.

HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia abyssinica Benth. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Ethiopia (N) [50]; Kenya (N) [50]; Malawi (N) [50]; Mozambique (N) [50]; Rwanda (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [50]; Uganda (N) [50]; Zaire (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
Middle East: Saudi Arabia (N) [50]; Yemen (N) [50]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane forest [50];
    Montane wooded grassland [50];
    Montane woodland [50];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [50] ; Illustration [50]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

50.		Ross, J.H., 1979
		Mem.Bot.Surv.S.Afr.44:1-150. A conspectus of African Acacia.