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Acacia mellifera (Vahl)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia mellifera (Vahl)Benth. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [50]; Botswana (N) [50]; Egypt (N) [50]
    Ethiopia (N) [50]; Kenya (N) [50]; Mozambique (N) [50]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [50]; Somalia (N) [50]
    South Africa (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [50]
    Zambia (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  Middle East
    Saudi Arabia (N) [50]; South Yemen (N) [50]
    Yemen (N) [50]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33]
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [1], Zambezian 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: -

  
NOTES:
  Two subspecies.


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

19.

   Ross,J.H., 1975
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.

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.

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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