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Acacia tortilis (Forssk.)Hayne

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia tortilis (Forssk.)Hayne [Preferred name]
    Mimosa tortilis Forssk. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [50]; Angola (N) [50]; Botswana (N) [50]; Chad (N) [50]; Djibouti (N) [1765]; Egypt (N) [50]; Ethiopia (N) [50]; Kenya (N) [50]; Libya (N) [50]; Mali (N) [50]; Mozambique (N) [50]; Namibia (N) [50]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [50]; Senegal (N) [50]; Somalia (N) [50]; South Africa (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [50]; Swaziland (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [50]; Western Sahara (N) [238]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3367]; Rajasthan [3367]; Iran (I) [1939]; Pakistan (I) [2010]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]
  Middle East
Israel (N) [50]; Oman (N) [1939]; Qatar (N) [1939]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; South Yemen (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; wooded grassland. [50];
    Karroo-Namib shrubland [33];
    Sahara regional transition zone; woodland. [33];
    Sahel regional transition zone - wooded grassland. [33];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [50];
    Sudanian woodland [33];
    Zambezian woodland [50];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 50, 2010, 3402] ; Illustration [50, 1859]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub, 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, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [2010, 3030]; Environmental [1877]; Food and Drink [1877]; Forage [1877, 2059, 2060, 3030]; Medicine [1877, 2010]; Miscellaneous [1877]; Wood [3030]

  
NOTES:
  The form occurring in Madagascar is A. raddiana subsp.raddiana var. raddiana [3402]

  
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.

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

238.

  Guinea, E., 1948
    Anales Jard.Bot.Madrid 8:357-431. Cat.Pl.Sahara espanol

1765.

  Audru, J. et al., 1987
    Maisons-Alfort:IEMVPT.La vegetation...Republique de Djibouti

1859.

  Collenette, 1985
    Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1877.

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

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

2010.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan,No.36.Mimosaceae.Karachi:Univ.of Karachi

2059.

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

2060.

  Burtt Davy, J., 1930
    Bull.Misc.Inf.,Kew 1930:402-404.Acacia tortilis & A.spirocar

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3367.

  Chakrabarty T, Gangopadhyay M, 1996
    The genus Acacia. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 20:599-633

3402.

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