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Acacia nilotica (L.)Delile

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia nilotica (L.)Delile [Preferred name]
    Acacia arabica (Lam.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Acacia scorpioides W.Wight {Synonym}
    Mimosa arabica Lam. {Synonym}
    Mimosa nilotica L. {Synonym}
    Mimosa scorpioides L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Acacia de Cayenne [1790]; Babul [1902, 1927]; Black Piquant [1790]; Casha [1790]; Cassie [1790]; Cassie a Piquants Blancs [1915]; Fantsikasia [3402]; Goma Arabica [1430]; Gum Arabic Tree [1430, 2153]; Karuvel [4751]; Piquant Lulu [3060]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [50]; Angola (N) [50]; Botswana (N) [50]; Egypt (N) [50]; Ethiopia (N) [50]; Gambia The (N) [50]; Ghana (N) [50]; Guinea Bissau (N) [50]; Kenya (N) [50]; Libya (N) [50]; Malawi (N) [50]; Mali (N) [50]; Mozambique (N) [50]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [50]; Senegal (N) [50]; Somalia (N) [50]; South Africa (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [50]; Togo (N) [50]; Uganda (N) [50]; Zambia (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3383]; China (I) [2085, 3403]; Yunnan [3403]; Hainan (I) [3403]; India (N) [50, 1914, 2010, 3020, 3027, 3092, 3094, 3140, 3367, 3371, 3372, 3375, 3384, 3387, 3388, 3584, 3587, 3610, 3615, 3623]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Bihar [3371]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Gujarat [3610]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3623]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3367]; Nagaland [3615]; Orissa [3587]; Punjab [1914]; Rajasthan [3367]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; West Bengal [3388]; Iran (N) [1939]; Iraq (N) [1939]; Nepal (N) [3369]; Pakistan (N) [2010]; Sri Lanka (I) [1927]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]
  Caribbean
Antigua-Barbuda (I) [1790]; Bahamas (I) [2153]; Barbados (I) [1790]; Cuba (I) [1409]; Grenada (I) [1790]; Guadeloupe (I) [1790]; Martinique (I) [1790]; Montserrat (I) [1790]; Puerto Rico (I) [1430]; St Lucia (I) [1790]; St Martin-St Barthelemy (I) [1790]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Israel (N) [1939]; Oman (N) [1939]; Syria (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]
  North America
United States (I) [1360, 3157]; California [1360, 3157]; Florida [3157]
  South America
Galapagos (I) [1712]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian woodland [50];
    Zambezian woodland [50];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [50, 1360, 1409, 1430, 1862, 1915, 2010, 2153, 3402, 3403] ; Illustration [50, 1862, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub [1915] [3402], Tree [1915] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asi

  
USES:
  Chemical products [14, 3030]; Domestic [1877, 3030, 3402]; Environmental [1862]; Forage [1862, 2059, 3030]; Medicine [14, 1877, 3030]; Wood [14, 1877, 3030]

  
NOTES:
  Specimens from Madagascar are subsp. subalata (Vatke)Brenan. [3402]

  
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