Acacia arabicaWilld. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Acacia niloticaDelile [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Acacia eburnea
Mimosa sennegal
Mimosa arabica
Acacia pseudo-eburnea
Acacia hirtella
Acacia karoo
Acacia arabica
Acacia abyssinica
Acacia tomentosa
Acacia unrecorded
Acacia nilotica
Common name
a-marεna (FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
amaraya (Aub.; JB) amur (JB) amura (Aub.; JB) salaha (JB) (SENEGAL, ARABIC (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
badulu (JB; K&A) bagana dié (JB) ga (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
(Hassaniya) amraya (Aub.) amura (Aub.) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Egyptian mimosa; Egyptian thorn; red thorn; scorpion mimosa (Nigeria, McIntosh); babool (India); babul (India); gum arabic (the gum); Gambia pods (the pods, occasionally, Dalziel)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
nèbnèb (JB) (SENEGAL, VULGAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
acacia d’Arabie; acacia tannin (Bailleul); gommier rouge., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for ACACIA arabica 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 arabicaWilld. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], sp. 4, 1085;—Benth. L. J. 1, 500. E. Mey. Comm. p. 168.
Information
tomentoso-pubescent; stipular-spines long or short, subulate or robust, at length white, straight, or subrecurved; pinnæ 4–8-jugate, with scutelliform glands and often a large petiolar gland; leaflets 10–20-jugate, oblong-linear, obtuse, green, glabrous or ciliate; peduncles axillary, bracteate in the middle; heads globose; legume flat, linear, moniliform, tomentose, at length glabrescent, coriaceous, pulpy within. The Natal specimens belong to Bentham's var. β. Kraussiana, and have generally long spines, and a deeply crenate, but scarcely moniliform, tomentose pod. The peduncles, besides the terminal head, have sometimes flowers at the medial bracts.
Range
A native of North Africa and Arabia, producing the gum-arabic of commerce.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss! (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)
