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Identification
Prosopis oblonga Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Prosopis lanceolata Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Prosopis africana (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Prosopis lanceolata
  • Coulteria africana
  • Prosopis africana
  • Entada durissima
  • Pillera unrecorded
  • Prosopis oblonga

Flora

Entry for Prosopis africana (Guill. & Pen.) Taub. [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
Prosopis africana (Guill. & Pen.) Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 3, 3: 119 (1892); Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 285, t. 57, 1–5; Ic. Pl. Afr. t. 29.
Coulteria? africana Guill. & Perr. [family ], (1832).
Prosopis oblonga Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1841) — F.T.A2: 331; ChevBot241; BaktLegTropAfr3: 805.
Information
Asavannahtree, to 40–60 ft. high, with pale drooping foliage and very hard wood; flower-spikes yellowish, fragrant; pods stout, roughly cylindrical, with loose rattling seeds.
Habitat
savannah
Distribution
Sen. Kounoun (fr. Mar.) Perrottet. Cayor Heudelot 14!Gam. Kombo Dawe 34!Fr. Sud. Kita Dubois 18. Koulouba Vuillet 520!Port. G. Bor (Aug.)Fr. G. Kouroussa (Apr.) Pobéguin 591!S. L. Falaba (young fr. Oct.) Small 446!Iv. C. Bobo Dioulasso, Ferkéssédougou 8 Touba fide Aubrév. l.c.N. Nig. Nupe Barter 1193! Zamfara F.R. (fl. 8 tr. Apr.) Keay FHI 16179! Kaduna (May) Lamb 48! Katagum Dalz. 362! Yola (fr. Sept.) Shaw 69!S. Nig. Enugu Rosevear 5/28!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Ubangi-Shari
A.–E. Sudan
Uganda
Belgian Congo
Notes
Besides the above, P. chilensis (Molina) Stuntz (syn. P. juliflora (Sw.) DC.), a native of tropical and subtropical America, is cultivated in our area (see Holl. 2: 285).

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