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Acacia usambarensis

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Identification
Acacia unrecorded unrecorded [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Verified by Faubert, Acacia clavigera E.Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Verified by Brenan, J.P.M., Acacia robusta Burch. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Brenan, J.P.M., Acacia usambarensis Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Acacia usambarensis
  • Acacia robusta
  • Acacia unrecorded
  • Acacia clavigera

Flora

Entry for ACACIA clavigera (Taub.) Brenan subsp. usambarensis [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1959) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
ACACIA clavigera (Taub.) Brenan subsp. usambarensis [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in K.B. 1957: 369 (1958). Types: Tanganyika, Lushoto District, Simbili, Holst 2362 (B, syn. †, K, isosyn.!) & Mashewa, Holst 8820 (B syn. †, K, isosyn.!) & Bwiti, Holst 2386 (B, syn. †, K, isosyn.!)
ACACIA usambarensis Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in P.O.A. C: 195, t. 20 H (1895); Harms in N.B.G.B. 4: 206, fig. 5 (1906); L.T.A.: 846 (1930); T.S.K.: 68 (1936); B. D. Burtt in Journ. Ecol. 30: 91 (1942); T.T.C.L.: 338 (1949); Bogdan in Nature in E. Afr., ser. 2, No. 1: 14 (1949)
ACACIA sp. nr. xanthophloea” [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], T.S.K.: 70 (1936)
ACACIA sacleuxii A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in Rev. Bot. Appl. 27: 509 (1947). Type: Tanganyika, Tanga, Sacleux 2455 (P, holo.!)
Information
Leaf-rhachis typically glabrous; leaflets 1–2 mm. wide. Pods (Fig. 16/45, p.67) 0.7–1.2 cm. wide.
Range
DISTR. K4, 6, 7; T2, 3, 5, 6, 8
Altitude range
0–1370 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kitui District Tiva R. crossing near Kitui, 1 Apr. 1955, Wilson 45!;KENYA Kilifi District Mida, Sept. 1929, R. M. Graham A673 in F.H. 2063! & Kilifi, Jeffery K292!TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Mashewa, Gillman 835!TANGANYIKA Mpwapwa, Mrs. Hornby 52!TANGANYIKA Morogoro, 20 Jan. 1951, Wigg in F.H. 954!TANGANYIKA Nachingwea, 6 Mar. 1953, Anderson 856!
Distribution (external)
; Portuguese East Africa
Notes
—Subsp. usambarensis shows little variation in our area. A single fruiting specimen from an apparently unusual habitat, B. D. Burtt 5180 (K!) from Morogoro, summit of Mbokwa Hill, July 1935, has the pods with rather marked constrictions between the seeds; I have not seen similar pods in any other gathering of this species. The seeds seem well developed. More material is wanted.

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