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Flora
Entry for ACACIA nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del. [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 nilotica(L.) Willd. ex Del. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1813).
Information
Tree, 2.5–14 m high; branchlets glabrous to tomentose. Stipular spines up to 8 cm long, straight or almost so, often deflexed. Leaves: pinnae 2–14 pairs, leaflets (7–)12–27(–36) pairs; 1.5–7 x 0.5–1.5 mm. Flowers bright yellow, in heads; peduncles up to 4.5 cm long; involucel from near the base to about halfway up the peduncle, often subtending a few additional flowers. Calyx 1–2 mm long. Corolla 2.5–3.5 mm long. Pods straight or slightly curved, indehiscent, 8–17(–22) x 1–2.2 cm, with entire margin or ± deeply constricted between the seeds, glabrous to tomentose. Seeds 6.5–9 x 5–8 mm; areole 5–7 x 4–7 mm.
