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Acacia erioloba E.Mey.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia erioloba E.Mey. [Preferred name]
    Acacia giraffae Willd. {Synonym}
    Acacia giraffae sensu auct. {Misapplied}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [50]; Botswana (N) [50]; Namibia (N) [50]; South Africa (N) [50]; Zambia (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  Middle East
Israel (I) [8]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; wooded grassland. [50];
    Karroo-Namib bushland and thicket. [50];
    Zambezian woodland [50];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [50] ; Distribution Map [70] ; Illustration [50]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

  
USES:
  Wood [50]

  
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.

70.

  Ross, J.H., 1971
    Bothalia 10:359-362. ..the A.giraffae x A.haematoxylon hyb.
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