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Dichrostachys cinerea (L.)Wight & Arn.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Dichrostachys (DC.)Wight & Arn.

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.)Wight & Arn. [Accepted]
    Dichrostachys glomerata (Forsskal)Chiov. {Synonym}
    Dichrostachys platycarpa Welw. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [6]; Benin (N) [21]; Botswana (N) [6]
    Burundi (N) [21]; Cameroon (N) [21]; Cape Verde (N) [6]
    Central African Rep. (N) [21]; Chad (N) [64]
    Egypt (I) [21]; Ethiopia (N) [6]; Gambia The (N) [21]
    Ghana (N) [21]; Guinea (N) [21]; Guinea Bissau (N) [21]
    Kenya (N) [6]; Liberia (N) [21]; Malawi (N) [6]
    Mali (N) [561]; Mozambique (N) [6]; Namibia-ISO (N) [6]
    Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [21]; Rwanda (N) [6]
    Senegal (N) [6]; Sierra Leone (N) [21]; Somalia (N) [6]
    South Africa (N) [6]; Sudan (N) [6]; Swaziland (N) [6]
    Tanzania (N) [6]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [21]
    Zaire (N) [6,21]; Zambia (N) [6]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  Asia
    Burma (N) [21]; India-ISO (N) [21]
    Indonesia-ISO (N) [21]; Pakistan (I) [21]
    Sri Lanka (N) [21]; Thailand (N) [21]
  Australasia
    Australia (N) [21]
  Caribbean
    Cuba (I) [21]
  Indian Ocean
    Comoro Is (N) [21]
  North America
    United States (I) [21]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [1], Sudanian wooded grassland [11]
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [1], Zambezian woodland [1]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,14,22]; Wood [1785,14,22,14,22]; Forage [1785,14,22, 14,22,22]; Environmental; Domestic; Weed

  
NOTES:
  8 subspecies and 7 varieties recognised (Brenan & Brummitt 1965;Ref.21)
  Nodulation data from Dichrostachys glomerata (Forsskal)Chiov. [1785]


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

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.

11.

   Keay,R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

14.

   Dalziel,J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

21.

   Brenan,J.P.M. & Brummitt,R.K., 1965
    Bol.Soc.Brot.,2,39:61-115. Dichrostachys cinerea
    Bol.Soc.Brot.,2,39:61-115. Dichrostachys cinerea

22.

   Drummond & Coates Palgrave, 1973
    Common Trees of the Highveld
    Common Trees of the Highveld

23.

   Ern,H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

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

78.

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

561.

   Boudet,G. & Lebrun,J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

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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