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Acacia heteracantha

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Identification
Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Brenan, J.P.M., Acacia heteracantha Burch. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Acacia litakunensis Burch. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Acacia heteracantha
  • Acacia tortilis
  • Acacia litakunensis

Flora

Entry for ACACIA heteracantha 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 heteracantha Burch. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in DC. Prod. 2, 473;—Benth. Lond. Journ. 1, p. 497.
Information
branches and petioles pubescent; stipular-spines either short and hooked back or very long and straight, all pubescent; pinnæ 5–10-jugate, with few, small, jugal glands; leaflets 10–15-jugate, oblong-linear, downy or glabrate; legume linear. A tree upwards of 20 feet high, with a tall trunk of 18 inches diameter, supporting a flat, wide-spreading, umbrella-like head. Burchell, l. c.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near the Gariep, Burchell, No. 1710., Trav. 1, p. 389.

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