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Acacia pentagona (Schum.)Hook.f.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia pentagona (Schum.)Hook.f. [Accepted]
    Acacia pentaptera Welw. {Synonym}
    Acacia silvicola G.Gilbert & Boutique,p.p. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [50]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [11]
    Congo (N) [74]; Equatorial Guinea-ISO (N) [74]
    Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [74]; Ghana (N) [50]
    Guinea (N) [50]; Kenya (N) [50]; Mozambique (N) [50]
    Nigeria (N) [50]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [74]
    Sierra Leone (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [1]
    Uganda (N) [50]; Zaire (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; forest. [50]
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [50], Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  A.silvicola is A.pentagona + A.ciliolata + A.kamerunensis (see Ross ref.50).
  Nodulation from both A.pentagona (Schum.)Hook.f. & A. silvacola Gilb. & Bout. [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

8.

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

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

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

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.

74.

   Brenan,J.P.M. & Exell,A.W., 1957
    Bol.Soc.Brot.,2,31:99-142. Acacia pennata & its relatives
    Bol.Soc.Brot.,2,31:99-142. Acacia pennata & its relatives

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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