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Acacia senegal (L.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia senegal (L.)Willd. [Accepted]
    Acacia circummarginata Chiov. {Synonym}
    Acacia cufodontii Chiov. {Synonym}
    Acacia glaucophylla sensu Brenan {Misapplied Name}
    Acacia kinionge sensu Brenan {Misapplied Name}
    Acacia oxyosprion Chiov. {Synonym}
    Acacia senegal ssp. modesta (Wallich)Roberty {Synonym}
    Acacia senegal (L.)Willd. ssp. senegalensis {Synonym}
    Acacia somalensis sensu Brenan {Misapplied Name}
    Acacia sp.1 F.White {Synonym}
    Acacia spinosa Marloth & Engl. {Synonym}
    Acacia thomasii sensu Brenan {Misapplied Name}
    Acacia volkii Suesseng. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gum arabic [14]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [50]; Botswana (N) [50]; Cameroon (N) [8]
    Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [50]; Gambia The (N) [11]
    Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [50]; Mali (N) [11]
    Mauritania (N) [11]; Mozambique (N) [50]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [50]; Niger (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [50]
    Rwanda (N) [8]; Senegal (N) [50]; Somalia (N) [50]
    South Africa (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [8]; Swaziland (N) [50]
    Tanzania (N) [50]; Uganda (N) [50]; Zaire (N) [8]
    Zambia (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [11]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket [33]
    Sahel regional transition zone - wooded grassland. [33]
    Sahel regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33]
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [33], Sudanian woodland [33]
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33]
    Zambezian wooded grassland [1], Zambezian woodland [1]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [33]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1798]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1798,14]; Chemical products [1798,14,14]; Food and Drink [1798,14,14,14]; Fibre; Forage; Wood; Domestic

  
NOTES:
  Very variable. 5 intergrading varieties recognised by Ross (ref.50).
  A.circummarginata probably a good species (Gillett,pers.comm, Kew).
  For ecology in Pakistan, see Cheema & Qadir, Vegetatio 27:131-162 (1973).


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

14.

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

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.

64.

   Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

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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