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Acacia polyacantha Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia polyacantha Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia catechu auct. non L. {Misapplied}
    Acacia catechu sensu Griseb. {Misapplied}
    Acacia suma (Roxb.)Voigt {Synonym}
    Gagnebina tamariscina sensu Bojer {Synonym}
    Mimosa suma Roxb. {Synonym}
    Senegalia suma (Roxb.)Britton & Rose {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (N) [11]; Botswana (N) [6]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [50]; Gambia The (N) [50]; Ghana (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [1]; Malawi (N) [6]; Mali (N) [11]; Mozambique (N) [6]; Niger (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Rwanda (N) [8]; Senegal (N) [11]; South Africa (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [50]; Togo (N) [11]; Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [8]; Zambia (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  Asia
India (N) [50, 1915, 1944, 3017, 3027, 3094, 3108, 3372, 3378, 3384]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [1944]; Maharashtra [3108]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3378]; Sri Lanka (N) [50]
  Caribbean
Antigua-Barbuda (I) [1790]; Barbados (I) [1790]; Grenada (I) [1790]; Guadeloupe (I) [1790]; Jamaica (I) [1056, 1430]; Puerto Rico (I) [1430]; St Vincent (I) [1790]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [1915]; Mauritius (I) [1915]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 50, 1056, 1430, 1790, 3017, 3098] ; Illustration [50]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] ; 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, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Miscellaneous [3020]; Wood [3020]

  
NOTES:
  Seems to have treated by Bojer (1837) under Gagnebina tamariscina. [3052]
  Bojer treats this species as Gagnebina tamariscina. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

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

6.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

50.

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

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1430.

  Liogier, A.H., 1988
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1944.

  Saldanha, C.J. & Nicolson, D.H., 1976
    Flora of the Hassan District, Karnataka, India.

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3052.

  Bojer, W., 1837
    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3098.

  Santapau, S.J., 1953
    The flora of Khandala...W.Ghats of India Vol 16 part 1

3108.

  Deshpande, S. et al., 1993
    Flora of Mahabaleshwar and adjoinings, Maharashtra Vol 1

3372.

  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

3378.

  Naskar, K., 1993
    Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta Vol.1

3384.

  Pullaiah, T. & Yesoda, N., 1989
    Flora of Anantapur District (Andhra Pradesh, India)
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