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Acacia triacantha

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Name

Identification
Acacia asak (Forssk.) Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Acacia triacantha Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Acacia glaucophylla
  • Acacia asak
  • Acacia triacantha

Flora

Entry for ACACIA glaucophylla Steud. [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 glaucophylla Steud. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 243.
ACACIA triacantha Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], A. Rich. l.c. 244; Schweinf. Acacien-arten d. Nilgebiets, 372, t. 22 b.
Information
Tree or large shrub, wholly glabrous or extremities puberulous; branches brown or reddish-brown to grey. Infra-stipular prickles geminate or ternate, short, straight or slightly recurved, frequently wanting. Leaf-rachis from 1 1/2–3 1/2 in., minutely pubescent or glabrous, usually with a small gland near the base; pinnæ 3–6-jugate, leaflets in 12–20 pairs, oblong or oval-oblong, obtuse, 3–5 lines long. Inflorescence and flowers as in A. Verek, the spikes usually shorter than the leaves. Ovary glabrous. Legume linear, straight, flat, apiculate or acuminate, narrowed at base, 3–4 1/2 in. long, 1/2– 2/3 in. broad, valves thinly coriaceous, glabrous, finely transversely reticulate, slightly convex over each seed. “Seeds oval, longer than broad” (Schweinfurth).
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!Nubia Nile Land Schweinfurth. Hor Tamanib, Red Sea, J. K. Lord!
Notes
Nearly allied to A. Verek, from which the different proportion in length of spike and leaf, and the narrower fruit distinguish it.

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