VERNACULAR NAME: |
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| Cape Gum [50]; Cassie a Piquants Blancs [1915]; Cockspur Thorn [4751]; Deo-Babool [3375]; Doorn Boom [364]; Kaludai [4751]; Karroo Thorn [364]; Kikar [3030]; Mormati [3375]; Pahari Kikar [3028, 3030]; Udai Vel [4751] | |
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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
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HABITATS:
Africa
Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [33];
Karroo-Namib scrub forest [33];
Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33];
LITERATURE POINTERS: |
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| Description [19, 50, 1862, 1915, 3057, 3367] ; Distribution Map [75] ; Illustration [50, 83, 410] | |
DESCRIPTORS: |
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| Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub [1915], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005) | |
USES: |
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| Chemical products [50]; Domestic [364]; Environmental [364, 1862]; Fibre [364]; Food and Drink [364]; Forage [364, 2059]; Wood [364] | |
NOTES:
Difficult to distinguish from A.nilotica ssp. adstringens without fruit. [1915]
Most Mauritian material previously included in A.nilotica ssp adstringens. [1915]
Native of South Africa. [1915]
This species, and Acacia nilotica subsp. adstringens are polymorphic and are [1915]
difficult to distinguish without the fruit. [1915]
Native of Tropical Asia. [3057]
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