Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Acacia hamulosa Benth..

Acacia hamulosa Benth.

HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia hamulosa Benth. [Preferred name]
Acacia paradoxa Chiov. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Ethiopia (N) [50]; Kenya (N) [50]; Somalia (N) [50]
Middle East: Oman (N) [8]; Saudi Arabia (N) [8]; South Yemen (N) [8]; Yemen (N) [8]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [50, 1859] ; Illustration [50, 1859]

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

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.

1859.		Collenette, 1985
		Flowers of Saudi Arabia