Acacia mellifera(Vahl) Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Brenan, J.P.M., Acacia detinensBurchill [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ]
Related name
Acacia detinens
Acacia ferox
Acacia mellifera
Acacia burkei
Flora
Entry for ACACIA detinens Burch. [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 detinensBurch. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Trav. 1, 310;—Bth. l. c. p. 507.
Information
glabrous; prickles in pairs just below the nodes, recurved; petiole nearly unarmed; pinnæ about 3-jugate; leaflets unijugate, obliquely obovate, very obtuse; heads loose, subglobose; pedicels equalling the calyx; calyx truncate, one-third as long as the corolla; legume oval, flat, membranous, few-seeded. A shrub, 4–8 feet high; prickles very short.
