| Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. |
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Family : Mimosaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Acacia |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. var. senegal |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =*Acacia senegalensis (Houtt.) Roberty |
| =Acacia oliveri Vatke (1880) |
| =Acacia senegal var. pseudoglaucophylla Chiov. |
| =Acacia senegal var. platysprion Chiov. |
| =Acacia senegal var. rupestris (Stocks ex Boiss.) Roberty |
| =Acacia rupestris Stocks ex Boiss. |
| =*Acacia senegal var. verek (Guill. & Perr.) Roberty |
| =Acacia cufodontii Chiov. (1939) |
| =Acacia virchowiana Vatke & Hildebr. (1880) p.p., quoad fol. & flor. tantum |
| =*Acacia verek Guill. & Perr. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Acacia senegal var. leiorhachis Brenan |
| Acacia senegal var. rostrata Brenan |
| Acacia senegal var. kerensis Schweinf. |
| Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. var. senegal |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Small tree 2-8-10(-15) m, or a low-branching shrub to 5 m tall; crown slightly rounded or flattened, somewhat spreading; bole short, bark greyish, rough, fissured or smooth; |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Acacia-Commiphora bushland, wooded grassland, dry scrub; bushland on rocky ground or wadi bottoms; sand dunes (Mali, Niger, Chad); sandy Sahelian soils (Burkina Faso); sometimes forming thickets; etc... |
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Extremely variable species: trees or shrubs branching from near the base (= var. kerensis); or prostrate plants 10-15 cm tall growing on cliffs; pods acute or acuminate (= var. rostrata); etc... |
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Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, S. Africa (Transvaal, Natal); Pakistan, India. |
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Grown in Sudan in special "gum gardens" for gum arabic of commerce. Elsewhere collected from wild trees. Also important tree for agroforestry systems in arid and semi-arid areas in NE Africa. [see more in the book] |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- LEBRUN, J. P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental. Boissiera 55: [1-322]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°176998 |
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