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Acacia polyacantha Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia polyacantha Willd. [Accepted]
    Acacia suma (Roxb.)J.Voigt {Synonym}
    Mimosa L. suma Roxb. {Synonym}
    Senegalia Raf. suma (Roxb.)Britton & Rose {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Benin (N) [11]; Botswana (N) [6]; Burundi (N) [8]
    Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]
    Ethiopia (N) [50]; Gambia The (N) [50]; Ghana (N) [11]
    Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [1]; Malawi (N) [6]
    Mali (N) [11]; Mozambique (N) [6]; Niger (N) [11]
    Nigeria (N) [11]; Rwanda (N) [8]; Senegal (N) [11]
    South Africa (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [50]
    Togo (N) [11]; Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [8]
    Zambia (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [50]; Sri Lanka (N) [50]
  Caribbean
    Caribbean-TRP (U) [1056,1430,1431]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian woodland [50], Zambezian woodland [50]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist,
   Zarucchi,J.L.(1988) Extract From Tropicos Database

  
USES:
  Miscellaneous; Wood

  
NOTES: -

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.

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

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.

1056.

   Adams,C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

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

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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