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Acacia ogadensis

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Syntype of Acacia ogadensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Syntype of Acacia ogadensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Acacia ogadensis Chiov.
Syntype of Acacia ogadensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Syntype of Acacia ogadensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
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Name

Identification
Acacia ogadensis Chiov. [family FABACEAE ]
Related name
  • Acacia ogadensis

Flora

Entry for ACACIA ogadensis Chiov. [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 ogadensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1915);. types from Ethiopia and S1: between “Bardera” and “Marda”, Paoli 811, 812 (FT syn.). Fig. 201.
Albizia ogadensis (Chiov.) Bak. f. ex Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1932);. types from Ethiopia and S1: between “Bardera” and “Marda”, Paoli 811, 812 (FT syn.). Fig. 201.
Information
Small tree up to 5 m high, with whip-like stem; branchlets grey to purplish, glabrous or occasionally pubescent. Prickles in threes, the central one hooked downwards and the two laterals spreading or sometimes also slightly hooked downwards. Leaves with 1 pair of pinnae; leaflets 2–4 pairs, 5–17 x 3–13 mm, veined. Flowers in up to 5.5 cm long spikes. Calyx 3–5 mm long. Corolla 4–6 mm long. Filaments up to 18 mm long, lilac or white. Pods straight, dehiscent, 6–10 x 1.3–2.2 cm, brown, densely puberulous.
Range
N2, 3; C1, 2; S1
Altitude range
160–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 9606; Thulin & Warfa 5462; Gillett, Hemming & Watson 22042.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
NE Kenya
Notes
Adad, cadaad, cadaad geri, fido-fido, laamalooye (Som.).

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