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Acacia rovumae Oliv.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia rovumae Oliv. [Preferred name]
    Acacia chrysothrix Taub. {Synonym}
    Acacia morondavensis Drake {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bifontsy [3402]; Hazomteva [3402]; Mokenga [3402]; Robantsy [3402]; Robontsy [3402]; Robotsy [3402]; Rohibokidro [3402]; Rohibontsy [3402]; Roibontsika [3402]; Roibontsy [3402]; Rovontsy [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [50]; Mozambique (N) [50]; Somalia (N) [1764]; Tanzania (N) [50]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [50, 3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest [1];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; mangrove. [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 50, 3402] ; Illustration [50, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Wood [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

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

50.

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

1764.

  Thulin, M., 1989
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

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