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Acacia nilotica (L.)Del.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia nilotica (L.)Del. [Accepted]
    Acacia arabica (Lam.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Acacia scorpioides W.Wight {Synonym}
    Acacia vera Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa L. arabica Lam. {Synonym}
    Mimosa L. nilotica L. {Synonym}
    Mimosa L. scorpioides L. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Algeria (N) [50]; Angola-ISO (N) [50]; Botswana (N) [50]
    Egypt (N) [50]; Ethiopia (N) [50]; Gambia The (N) [50]
    Ghana (N) [50]; Guinea Bissau (N) [50]; Kenya (N) [50]
    Libya (N) [50]; Malawi (N) [50]; Mali (N) [50]
    Mozambique (N) [50]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [50]
    Senegal (N) [50]; Somalia (N) [50]; South Africa (N) [50]
    Sudan (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [50]; Togo (N) [50]
    Uganda (N) [50]; Zambia (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [50]
  Caribbean
    Caribbean-TRP (U) [1409,1430,1431,1712]
  South America
    Galapagos (U) [1712]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian woodland [50], Zambezian woodland [50]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1798]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist,
   Zarucchi,J.L.(1988) Extract From Tropicos Database

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1798,14]; Wood [1798,14,14]; Medicine [1798,14,14, 14]; Environmental; Forage; Domestic

  
NOTES:
  Seven subspecies recognised (Ross ref.50).


DATA SOURCES:

14.

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

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

1409.

   Leon,H. & Alain,H., 1951
    Flora de Cuba 2:224-367 Leguminosas
    Flora de Cuba 2:224-367 Leguminosas

1430.

   Liogier,A.H., 1988
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II

1431.

   List Based Record, 1986
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service

1712.

   Wiggins,I.L. & Porter,D.M., 1971
    Flora of Galapagos Islands Leguminosae
    Flora of Galapagos Islands Leguminosae

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.

1798.

   Mahmood,A. & Iqbal,P., 1994
    Pak.J.Bot. 26:1-20. Nodulation status of Leg plants in Sindh
    Pak.J.Bot. 26:1-20. Nodulation status of Leg plants in Sindh
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