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Acacia heterophylla (Lam.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia heterophylla (Lam.)Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia brevipes A.Cunn. {Synonym}
    Acacia xiphoclada Baker {Synonym}
    Mimosa heterophylla Lam. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Tamarin des Hauts [1915, 3064]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (I) [1914]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]; Mauritius (U) [3052, 3057]; Reunion (N) [1915]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1915, 3057, 3064, 3402] ; Illustration [1915, 3064, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Further editing: 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): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Wood [1915]

  
NOTES:
  Presence on Mauritius not confirmed by Polhill (1990). [1915]
  Baker considers this species to be indigenous to Mauritius, but this is [1915]
  uncertain. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.

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

1915.

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

3052.

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

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

3064.

  Cadet, T., 1984
    Plantes rare ou remarquables des Mascareignes

3402.

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

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