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Acacia xanthophloea Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia xanthophloea Benth. [Accepted]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Fever Tree [1]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Kenya (N) [50]; Malawi (N) [6]; Mozambique (N) [50]
    Somalia (N) [1764]; South Africa (N) [50]
    Swaziland (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [50]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai woodland [50], Zambezian woodland [6]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland. [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Flower colour varies; white-yellow-purple; variation unique in genus (Ref.1)
  Somali material 5 m. tall max.;flowers not seen [1764]
  Somali material 1600Km N of nearest other population [1764]


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.

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.

1764.

   Thulin,M., 1989
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.

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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