Acacia lahaiSteud. & Hochst. ex Benth. [family FABACEAE ]
Related name
Acacia lahai
Flora
Entry for ACACIA Lahai Steud. et Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
ACACIA LahaiSteud. et Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1842, 506. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 240; Schweinf. Acacien-arten d. Nilgebiets, 359.
Information
A small or medium-sized tree; extremities glabrous, with a brownish or ashen bark. Stipular spines occasionally very short, usually prominent, patent, straight, 1/2–2 in. long, flattened below on the upper face. Leaves puberulous or glabrescent; rachis 1 1/2–4 in., with a small gland near the base; pinnæ in 7–13 pairs; leaflets linear-oblanceolate or linear, rather obtuse, in 12–26 pairs, 1 1/2–2 lines long. Spikes axillary solitary or 2–3 together, 2–4 in. long. Flowers sessile. Petals free at the apex, about 4 times as long as the short deltoid-toothed calyx. Legume broadly oblong, obtuse, minutely apiculate, abruptly narrowed at base into a stipes of 1/4– 1/2 in., flat, valves coriaceous, brown, shining, much reticulate, 2–2 1/2 in. long, 3/4–1 1/6 in. broad.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Dillon and Petit! Schimper! Capt. Pullen!
