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ACACIA manubensis J. H. Ross [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

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
ACACIA manubensis J. H. Ross [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1974);. type: N3, “Manub”, Newbould 1080 (K holo.). Fig. 204.
Information
Tree to 5 m tall; bark yellowish, papery, peeling; young branchlets puberulous. Prickles in pairs, short. Leaves: pinnae 1–4 pairs; leaflets 2–7 pairs, 7–15 x 3.5–11 mm, obovate-elliptic, glaucous, appressed puberulous on both surfaces. Flowers ?white, in spikes 1.8–3.5 cm long. Calyx 2–2.5 mm long. Corolla 3–4 mm long. Pods purplish-brown, straight or slightly curved, 5.8–8 x 1.7–2 cm, finely transversely veined, puberulous.
Range
N3 (“Al Miskat Mts”) not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
900–1340 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 6027; Gillett & Watson 23487.
Notes
Ankokib, xankokib (Som.). A. manubensis produces an edible gum like A. ankokib, and their Somali name is the same. The two species are ecologically distinct, A. manubensis occurring at higher altitudes.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

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
ACACIA manubensis J. H. Ross [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1974);. type: N3, “Manub”, Newbould 1080 (K holo.). Fig. 204.
Information
Tree to 5 m tall; bark yellowish, papery, peeling; young branchlets puberulous. Prickles in pairs, short. Leaves: pinnae 1–4 pairs; leaflets 2–7 pairs, 7–15 x 3.5–11 mm, obovate-elliptic, glaucous, appressed puberulous on both surfaces. Flowers ?white, in spikes 1.8–3.5 cm long. Calyx 2–2.5 mm long. Corolla 3–4 mm long. Pods purplish-brown, straight or slightly curved, 5.8–8 x 1.7–2 cm, finely transversely veined, puberulous.
Range
N3 (“Al Miskat Mts”) not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
900–1340 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 6027; Gillett & Watson 23487.
Notes
Ankokib, xankokib (Som.). A. manubensis produces an edible gum like A. ankokib, and their Somali name is the same. The two species are ecologically distinct, A. manubensis occurring at higher altitudes.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

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
ACACIA manubensis J. H. Ross [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1974);. type: N3, “Manub”, Newbould 1080 (K holo.). Fig. 204.
Information
Tree to 5 m tall; bark yellowish, papery, peeling; young branchlets puberulous. Prickles in pairs, short. Leaves: pinnae 1–4 pairs; leaflets 2–7 pairs, 7–15 x 3.5–11 mm, obovate-elliptic, glaucous, appressed puberulous on both surfaces. Flowers ?white, in spikes 1.8–3.5 cm long. Calyx 2–2.5 mm long. Corolla 3–4 mm long. Pods purplish-brown, straight or slightly curved, 5.8–8 x 1.7–2 cm, finely transversely veined, puberulous.
Range
N3 (“Al Miskat Mts”) not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
900–1340 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 6027; Gillett & Watson 23487.
Notes
Ankokib, xankokib (Som.). A. manubensis produces an edible gum like A. ankokib, and their Somali name is the same. The two species are ecologically distinct, A. manubensis occurring at higher altitudes.
ACACIA manubensis J. H. Ross [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
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