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Acacia saligna (Labill.)Wendl.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia saligna (Labill.)Wendl. [Accepted]
    Racosperma Martius salignum (Labill.)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Port Jackson Willow [19]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [8]; Namibia-ISO (I) [19]
    South Africa (I) [19]; Tanzania (I) [8]
  Australasia
    Australia (N) [19]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [19]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1807]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental; Domestic; Wood; Forage; Weed; Chemical products

  
NOTES:
  A serious weed in Cape Province, South Africa. (Ross ref.19).
  Originally introduced to South Africa for sand stabilization (Ross, ref.19)


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

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.

24.

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

1807.

   Faria,S.M.de., 1995
    Nitrogen Fixing Trees for Acid Soils,295-300,Occ.&rhiz.sel.l
    Nitrogen Fixing Trees for Acid Soils,295-300,Occ.&rhiz.sel.l
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