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Mimosa pennata

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Name

Identification
Mimosa pennata L. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Acacia pennata (L.) Willd. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen,
Related name
  • Acacia pennatula
  • Acacia pennata
  • Mimosa pennata

Flora

Entry for Acacia pennata (Linn.) Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Acacia pennata (Linn.) Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], — F.T.A. 2: 345; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 3: 530; Bak. f. l.c. 3: 853; Aubrév. l.c. 274, t. 53, 11–12.
Mimosa pennata Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1753).
Information
A prickly climbing shrub; flowers in numerous small white balls turning yellowish; fruits brown; common in the forest regions, but much less common in savannah.
Habitat
; common in the forest regions, but much less common in savannah.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Distribution
Fr. Sud. Debo (Aug.) Chev. 3361!Fr. G. Macenta (May) Collenette 10! Pita Pobéguin 2188.S. L. Bagroo R,. (Apr.) Mann. 852! Mano Deighton 1435! Hangha (Sept.) Alymer 236! Baiwalla (Oct.) Deighton 3767!Lib. Gbanga (Sept.) Linder 766! Flumpa, Sanokwele (Sept.) Baldwin 9342!Iv. C. Abidjan, Bobo Dioulasso and Ouagadougou fide Aubrév. l.c.G. C. Adeambra (fr. Mar.) Chipp 133! Banka (Sept.) Vigne 1358! Kwadaso (Nov.) Darko 721!Togo Amedzofe (fr. Feb.) Irvine 164!N. Nig. Kano (Aug.) Onwudinjoh FHI 24020! Gurara R. (fr. July) Elliott 182!S. Nig. Lagos Dalz. 1412! Benin Unwin 137! Oban Talbot 1252! Degema Talbot 3620!Br. Cam. Buea (May) Maitland 658!

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