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Gagnebina pterocarpa (Lam.)Baill.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Gagnebina Neck.

Gagnebina pterocarpa (Lam.)Baill. [Preferred name]
    Acacia tamariscina (Lam.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Gagnebina axillaris DC. {Synonym}
    Gagnebina tamariscina (Lam.)DC. {Synonym}
    Mimosa pterocarpa Lam. {Synonym}
    Mimosa tamariscina Lam. {Synonym}
    Prosopis tamariscina (Lam.)Spreng. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Kifaty [3402]; Tsiranopaosa [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (U) [3078, 3079]; Astove I [3078]; Cosmoledo I [3079]; Comoro Is (N) [1915, 3109, 3110]; Madagascar (N) [1915, 2982, 3109, 3110, 3402]; Mauritius (N) [1915, 3109]; Mayotte (I) [3109]; Reunion (I) [3110]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1915, 2982, 3064, 3109, 3110, 3402] ; Distribution Map [3109] ; Illustration [1915, 2982, 3109, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3110] [3402], Tree [3110] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1999 (Missing Genera) Brandt SM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  Material from Madagascar and the Comoros differs slightly from the Mauritian, [1915]
  but there is insufficient material to tell if these differences are constant. [1915]
  Cultivated on Reunion. [1915]
  Endemic to Mauritius. [3064]
  Seeds of this species on Mayotte are intermediate between G. pterocarpa and [3109]
  G. commersoniana var. calcicola, suggesting that it evolved from G. [3109]
  commersoniana var. calcicola. [3109]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1915.

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

2982.

  Du Puy, D.J.(in press), 1999
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar

3064.

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

3078.

  Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A., 1970
    Atoll Res.Bull.136(9):101-111 Plants of Astove

3079.

  Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A., 1970
    Atoll Res.Bull.136(6):57-65 Plants of Cosmoledo Atoll

3109.

  Lewis, G.P. & Guinet, Ph., 1986
    Kew Bull. 41(2):463-470 Notes on Gagnebina in Madagascar...

3110.

  Renvoize, S.A., 1972
    Kew Bull. 26(3):433-438 A new species of Dichrostachys...

3402.

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

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