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Acacia oerfota (Forssk.)Schweinf.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia oerfota (Forssk.)Schweinf. [Preferred name]
    Acacia gorinii Chiov. {Synonym}
    Acacia nubica Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia orfota sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Acacia pterygocarpa Benth. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Djibouti (N) [239]; Egypt (N) [50]; Ethiopia (N) [50]; Kenya (N) [50]; Somalia (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [50]; Uganda (N) [50]
  Asia
Iran (N) [1882]
  Middle East
Oman (N) [1877]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1859, 2299, 2300]; South Yemen (N) [2011, 2299]; Yemen (N) [2299]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [33];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 50, 1877, 1882, 2300] ; Distribution Map [57] ; Illustration [50, 1877, 1882]

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, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 Polhill RM

  
USES:
  Domestic [1877]; Food and Drink [2059]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

33.

  White, F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa

50.

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

57.

  Wickens, G.E., 1976
    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.5. The flora of Jebel Marra (Sudan)...

239.

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

1859.

  Collenette, 1985
    Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1877.

  Miller, A.G & Morris, M., 1988
    Plants of Dhofar. Oman: Office of the Adviser for Conser....

1882.

  Rechinger, K.H., 1986
    Flora Iranica.161: Mimosaceae.

2011.

  Boulos, L., 1988
    Candollea 43:559-585. A contribution to the fl. of S.Yemen.

2059.

  Anderson, D.M.W., 1978
    Kew Bulletin 32:529-536. Chemotax.aspects of the chem....

2299.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1953
    Kew Bull.8:97-98.In:Tropical African Plants:XXIII.

2300.

  Chaudhary, S.A., 1983
    Acacia & other genera of Mimosoideae in Saudi Arabia
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