| Prosopis africana (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. |
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Family : Mimosaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Prosopis |
| Basionym : Coulteria africana Guill. & Perr. |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Coulteria africana Guill. & Perr. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Entada coulteria Roberty (1954) |
| =Prosopis oblonga Benth. (1842) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree 4,5-12(-21) m; bole clean, cyclindrical, straight, to 60 cm Ø, unbuttressed in forest, or low-branching, slightly buttressed in open sites. |
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| Ecology : |
Wooded grassland; abandoned cultivations; sometimes abundant, never gregarious; clearings in half-dry forest; savannas; on fine gravels; hollows; on very deep sand; laterite; to 1220 m alt. |
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AGBOOLA, D. A. (2004). Prosopis africana (Mimosaceae): Stem, roots, and seeds in the economy of the savanna areas of Nigeria. Econ. Bot. 58 (Suppl.): S34-S42. |
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Fastgrowing, and one of the most valuable agroforestry trees (Tchoundjeu, Z., in Agroforestry Today 9(2): 18-20, 1997). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- PEYRE DE FABRÈGUES B. & J. P. LEBRUN (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort : 158
- BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 132
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:261 (2012)
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 198
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 437
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| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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