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Acacia asak (Forssk.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia asak (Forssk.)Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia glaucophylla A.Rich. {Synonym}
    Acacia hammulosa Benth. {Synonym}
    Mimosa asak Forssk. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Djibouti (N) [239]; Ethiopia (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [50]
  Asia
India (I) [3367]; Karnataka [3367]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [8]; Yemen (N) [8]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [50];

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

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

  
USES:
  Miscellaneous [3367]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

50.

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

239.

  Bavazzano, R., 1972
    Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa

3367.

  Chakrabarty T, Gangopadhyay M, 1996
    The genus Acacia. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 20:599-633
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