go ponniaii (Aub.) gô sabèlga (Ouedraogo; Aub.) (UPPER VOLTA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
bakin kaya (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Volta) gonponya lehi from Moore (K&T) pattuki (pl. -uďe) (K&T) (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
guoissogola (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, DAGAARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
srεso akob-σwerεw = p (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for ACACIA mellifera (Vahl) Benth. [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 mellifera(Vahl) Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1842). Fig. 197 E.
Information
Shrub or tree up to 8 m high; young branchlets brownish, pubescent or glabrous. Prickles in pairs, hooked, up to 5 mm long. Leaves: pinnae 2–3 pairs; leaflets 1–2 pairs, ± obovate, up to 20 x 15 mm, veined, glabrous (in Somalia). Flowers cream to white in spiciform racemes up to 3.5 cm long; pedicels 0.5–1.5 mm long. Calyx up to 1 mm long. Corolla 2.5–3.5 mm long. Pods oblong, straight, dehiscent, 2.5–8 x 1.5–2.5 cm, pale brown to straw-coloured, transversely veined. Seeds subcircular, up to 10 x 8 mm; areole c. 2.5 x 2.5 mm.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3 from Egypt to Tanzania and in Angola and Namibia, also in Arabia; subsp. detinens (Burch.) Brenan also in southern Africa.
