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Dichrostachys kirkii

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Identification
Dichrostachys kirkii Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Dichrostachys benadirensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Acacia puccioniana
  • Dichrostachys kirkii
  • Dichrostachys benadirensis

Flora

Entry for DICHROSTACHYS kirkii Benth. [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
DICHROSTACHYS kirkii Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1875);. type: S2, “Brava”, Kirk s.n. (K holo.). Fig. 195 C, D.
DICHROSTACHYS benadirensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1916);. types: S2, near Mogadishu, Paoli 69, 131, 133 (FT syn.).
Acacia puccioniana Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1929);. type: C2, between “Garass Hebla Aden” and “Jesomma”, Puccioni & Stefanini 158 (FT holo.).
Information
Shrub or small tree, armed with spines terminating short lateral twigs. Leaves with 1–5 pairs of pinnae; rhachis including petiole up to 1.5 cm long; leaflets 3–8 pairs, oblong, up to 4 x 2 mm, subglabrous to pubescent. Inflorescences yellow in upper bisexual part, mauve, white or yellow in neuter part which is sometimes lacking, c. 1–2 cm long; peduncle up to 2.5 cm long. Calyx 0.5–1 mm long. Corolla c. 2 mm long. Staminodes up to 1 cm long. Pod c. 4–6 x 0.8–1 cm, dehiscing from apex down­wards, the valves recurving.
Range
C1, 2; S2
Altitude range
10–300 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 4161; Gillett, Hemming & Watson 22216, 22264.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
Notes
Dhiigtaar, galool, kabatir (Som.). D. kirkii is very variable in central Somalia. Normally the species has mauve or whitish neuter flowers at the base of the inflorescence, but there are also populations with yellow neuter flowers as well as populations in which neuter flowers are entirely lacking (Acacia puccioniana). See Thulin in Nord. J. Bot. 8: 459–460 (1989).

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