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Acacia pennata

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Name

Identification
Mimosa pennata L. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Acacia pennata (L.) Willd. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen,
Related name
  • Acacia canescens
  • Acacia pentaptera
  • Acacia heyneana
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  • Acacia brevispica
  • Acacia silvicola
  • Mimosa pennata
  • Acacia arrophula
  • Acacia caesia
  • Acacia megaladena
  • Acacia monticola
  • Acacia pennata
  • Acacia schweinfurthii
  • Acacia insuavis
  • Acacia pentagona
Common name
  • ngobop (A.Chev.) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • gumi (JB) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • bulénay (JB) (SENEGAL, TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • ngaraap (A.Chev.; GR) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • tii (JB) tuft, tufin (JB) tuku (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • bu mbãndi (JB) bu tulaos (A.Chev.) o golõ ni goli (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for ACACIA pennata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ACACIA pennata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Sp. 4, 1090;—Benth.! Lond. Journ. 1, p. 516. E. Mey.! Comm. p. 169. DC. Prod. 2. 464. Burm. Zeyl. t. 1.
Information
scandent; prickles numerous on the twigs and petioles, short, recurved; twigs and petioles thinly tomentose, at length glabrate; pinnæ 8–20-jugate, with petiolar and sometimes jugal glands; leaflets more than 30-jugate, narrow-linear, glabrous or ciliate; heads globose, panicled; calyx nearly equalling the corolla; ovary stipitate, villous; legume glabrous or minutely puberulous, membranous, flat. A slender, half climbing shrub, with large, finely divided, fernlike leaves. Leaves 5–6 inches long; pinnæ 2–3 inches; leaflets 2 1/2–3 lines long, 1/2 line wide.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Steep mountain rocks near the Mission Station, Omgaziana, Drege! Natal, Gueinzius! (Herb. D.)

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