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Dichrostachys cinerea

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Name

Identification
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Dichrostachys trichostachys
  • Acacia spinosa
  • Dichrostachys unrecorded
  • Dichrostachys lugardiae
  • Dichrostachys platycarpa
  • Caillea trichostachyii
  • Dichrostachys forbesii
  • Dichrostachys cinerea
  • Acacia bicolor
  • Caillea trichostachys
  • Mimosa bicolor
  • Cailliea dichrostachys
  • Dichrostachys glomerata
  • Dichrostachys mutans
Common name
  • â-bukruka (K&A) a-mbukruka (JB) a-ndèmbãnd (JB) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • bi yué (JB) (SENEGAL, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • marabou thorn (Lesotho, Irvine)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • fidida di bra (SENEGAL, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • arzik (JB) (SENEGAL, ARABIC (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • mimosa clochette., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • ga-ngàkà (FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kufana (JB; K&A) kufara (K&A) si dèg (JB) si renget (JB) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • bisinin (JB) (SENEGAL, BADYARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. forbesii Benth. Brenan & Brummitt [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 1, (1970) Author: J.P.M. Brenan
Names
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. forbesii Benth. Brenan & Brummitt [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 39: 102 (1965). TAB. 10 fig. A. Type: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Forbes K, holotype).
Dichrostachys forbesii Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Hook., Journ. Bot. 4: 353 (1841). Type as above.
Information
Young branchlets glabrous to sparsely appressed-puberulous. Larger leaves on each plant with 4-8 pairs of pinnae; pinnae of larger leaves 1·7-3·5 cm. long; glands shortly stipitate to columnar, 0·5-1 mm. tall, usually between all pairs of pinnae or rarely interrupted above the basal pair; leaflets 1·75-7·5(8·5) x 0·6-1·5(2) mm.; margins glabrous to very sparsely appressed-ciliate; no hairs on the surface; lateral venation usually ± raised and prominent beneath, sometimes obscure. Peduncles subglabrous to sparsely or densely puberulous. Pods 9-11 mm. wide, closely twisted.
Habitat
In bushland or woodland in the coastal belt
Altitude range
0–100 m. (and presumably also at rather higher elevations)
100
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Distribution
Mozambique M Polana, fl. 8.ii.1920, Borle 305 (PRE).Mozambique GI Guijá, right bank of R. Limpopo, fr. 9.vi.1947, Pedrógão (K).Mozambique MS Kongone, mouth of Zambeze, fl. i.1861, Kirk (K).Mozambique N Porto Amélia, Nangororo road, 15 km. from junction of Porto Amelia road, fl. 2.iii.1961, Gomes e Sousa 4639 (COI; K; LMJ; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
Angola
South Africa (Natal)

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