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Inga nefasia

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Name

Identification
Inga nefasia Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Acacia sieberiana (DeWild.) Keay & Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Acacia sieberiana
  • Acacia abyssinica
  • Acacia nefasia
  • Inga nefasia

Flora

Entry for ACACIA abyssinica Hochst. [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 abyssinica Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1846, 97.
ACACIA xiphocarpa Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. No. 522; Benth. l.c. 96.
Inga Nefasia Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. No. 940.
Information
Tree; extremities softly pubescent or at length nearly glabrous. Stipular spines very short; occasionally stipules scarcely spinose. Pinnæ in 6–30 pairs from a pubescent or glabrous rachis with or without a gland near the base and one or two between the upper pinnæ; leaflets in 20–40 pairs, linear, obtuse or subacute, 1 1/2 lines long. Peduncles 3–5 from each axil, 1/2 in. long more or less, pubescent, involucellate near the base. Flowers capitate. Calyx-teeth pilose. Petals united nearly throughout, 2–3 times longer than the calyx. Legume compressed, linear-oblong, straight or subfalcate, shortly and broadly pointed or obtuse, at length 2-valved, valves continuous, slightly convex when mature, coriaceous, longitudinally often obsoletely areolate-venose; 3–5 in. long, 2/3– 3/4 in. broad.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
I do not feel much confidence in referring the plants cited to one species. The leaves, spines, and position of the involucel agree fairly well.

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