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Acacia sieberiana DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia sieberiana DC. [Accepted]
    Acacia abyssinica sensu auctt. {Misapplied Name}
    Acacia amboensis Schinz {Synonym}
    Acacia davyi sensu auctt. {Misapplied Name}
    Acacia purpurascens Vatke {Synonym}
    Acacia sieberana DC. {Synonym}
    Acacia sieberiana ssp. vermoesenii (De Wild.)Troupin {Synonym}
    Acacia vermoesenii De Wild. {Synonym}
    Acacia woodii Burtt Davy {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [50]; Benin (N) [11]; Botswana (N) [50]
    Burkina (N) [50]; Chad (N) [64]; Congo (N) [50]
    Ethiopia (N) [50]; Ghana (N) [50]; Guinea Bissau (N) [5]
    Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Malawi (N) [50]; Mali (N) [11]
    Mozambique (N) [50]; Namibia-ISO (N) [50]; Niger (N) [11]
    Nigeria (N) [50]; Rwanda (N) [50]; Senegal (N) [50]
    South Africa (N) [50]; Sudan (N) [50]; Swaziland (N) [50]
    Tanzania (N) [50]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [50]
    Zaire (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; wooded grassland [1]
    Sudanian wooded grassland [50], Sudanian woodland [50]
    Zambezian wooded grassland [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

  
USES:
  Wood [1785,42]; Forage [1785,42,14]; Medicine [1785,42,14,14]

  
NOTES:
  3 varieties recognised by Ross (ref.50).
  Nodulation data from Acacia sieberana DC. [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

5.

   Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Mimosaceae
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Mimosaceae

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

23.

   Ern,H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

42.

   Dale,I.R. & Greenway,P.J., 1961
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs

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

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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