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Acacia senegal (Linn.) Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

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 senegal (Linn.) Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Sp. Pl. 4: 1077 (1806); Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 516; Aubrév. l.c. 266, t. 52, 5, t. 54, 1; Ic. Pl. Afr., t. 30. Mimosa senegal Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1753) Acacia verek Guill.& Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1832) — F.T.A2: 342; ChevBot247.
Information
Small tree, to 25 ft. high, with short bole grey and fissured; bark of twigs yellowish, soon peeling; flowers cream, in spikes usually longer than the leaves.
Range
extends to the Red Sea and eastern India
Distribution
Sen. Perrottet 276! Heudelot! Sor Isl. Brunner 8! M舗Bidjem (May) Thierry 219!Gam. Yoroberikunda (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Firth 156!Fr. Sud. Toguere de Banguita (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Davey 13! Timbuktu (fl. 8 fr. July, Aug.) Hagerup 234! 261! And various localities fide Aubrév. l.c.Iv. C. Ouagadougou, Bouroum and Kaya fide Aubrév. l.c.Fr. Nig. Tera Aubrév. N. 12.N. Nig. Zamfara F.R. (fl. & fr. Apr.) Keay FHI 16145! 16169! Katagum (fl. 8 fr. July) Dalz. 55! Geidam (fr. Oct.) Dudgeon 1! Gujba (Dec.) Foster 80!
Distribution (external)
Mauritania
Acacia senegal (Linn.) Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
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