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Acacia karroo Hayne

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia karroo Hayne [Accepted]
    Acacia dekindtiana A.Chev. {Synonym}
    Acacia horrida sensu auctt. {Misapplied Name}
    Acacia inconflagrabilis Gerstner {Synonym}
    Acacia natalitia E.Meyer {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cape gum [50]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [50]; Botswana (N) [75]; Lesotho (N) [75]
    Libya (I) [83]; Morocco (I) [33]; Mozambique (N) [75]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [50,75]; South Africa (N) [75]
    Swaziland (N) [75]; Zimbabwe (N) [75]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [33]
    Karroo-Namib scrub forest [33]
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1785,50]; Environmental; Fibre; Food and Drink; Forage; Wood; Domestic

  
NOTES:
  An encroaching weed of pasture land.
  For variation, see Ross (refs.19 & 50); 7 variants described.


DATA SOURCES:

33.

   White,F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa
    The Vegetation of Africa

50.

   Ross,J.H., 1979
    Mem.Bot.Surv.S.Afr.44:1-150. A conspectus of African Acacia.
    Mem.Bot.Surv.S.Afr.44:1-150. A conspectus of African Acacia.

75.

   Ross,J.H., 1971
    Bothalia 10:385-401. Acacia karroo in southern Africa
    Bothalia 10:385-401. Acacia karroo in southern Africa

83.

   Jafri,S.M.H., 1978
    Mimosaceae.In:Flora of Libya Pt.60.Jafri,SMH & El Gadi,A.
    Mimosaceae.In:Flora of Libya Pt.60.Jafri,SMH & El Gadi,A.

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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