Entry for ACACIA brevispica Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ACACIA brevispicaHarms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1923). Fig. 197 G.
ACACIA pennata [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], sensu Cuf. Enum.: 198 (1955) non (L.) Willd.
Information
Shrub or slender tree, 1–7 m high, often scandent; twigs pubescent and with numerous reddish glands. Prickles scattered, ± recurved, arising from longitudinal bands which are usually paler than the intervening lenticellate bands. Leaves: petiole 0.4–1.5 cm long; pinnae up to 18 pairs; leaflets up to 50 or more pairs, 3–5 x 0.5–1 mm, ± ciliolate, midrib nearer one margin at the base. Flowers white to yellowish white, in heads which are arranged racemosely or in long panicles. Calyx 2–2.5 mm long. Corolla up to 3.5 mm long. Pods straight, dehiscent, 6–15 x 1.5–3.3 cm, glabrous or puberulous, with many minute reddish glands. Seeds elliptic, compressed, 8–12 x 6–8 mm; areole 6–8 x 3–5 mm.
Range
N1; C2; S1, 3 widespread in tropical Africa; subsp. dregeana (Benth.) Brenan in southern Africa.
