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Adenanthera pavonina L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Adenanthera L.

Adenanthera pavonina L. [Accepted]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Acacia coral [4]; Bead tree [2]; Coral wood [2]; Red sandalwood tree

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Cameroon (I) [8]; Chad (I) [64]; Ghana (I) [8]
    Guinea Bissau (I) [5]; Mozambique (I) [6]
    Nigeria (I) [3]; Sao Tome & Principe (I) [4]
    Sierra Leone (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [1]; Togo (I) [8]
    Uganda (I) [1]; Zaire (I) [7]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785], Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist [1]

  
USES:
  Environmental [1,2]; Wood [1,2,2]; Medicine; Miscellaneous; Food and Drink; Domestic; Chemical products

  
NOTES:
  Seeds bright red - used as beads.



DATA SOURCES:

1.

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

2.

  Dale,I.R., 1953
    A descriptive list of the introduced trees of Uganda
    A descriptive list of the introduced trees of Uganda

3.

  Keay,R.W.J. et al., 1964
    Nigerian Trees Vol.2
    Nigerian Trees Vol.2

4.

  Liberato, Maria Candida, 1973
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Mimosaceae
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Mimosaceae

5.

  Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Mimosaceae
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Mimosaceae

6.

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

7.

  Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.

8.

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

64.

  Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

1785.

  Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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