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Acacia ataxacantha DC. [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 ataxacantha DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], — F.T.A. 2: 343; Bak. f. l.c. 834; Aubrév. l.c. 273, t. 53, 7–8; Gilbert & Boutique l.c. 3: 153.
Information
A scrambling shrub or climberforming thickets, in regrowth and on rocky hills within the forest regions as well as in dry savannah vegetation; branchlets with yellowish bark armed with recurved prickles; flowers cream; fruits reddish-brown, shining, surfaces undulate.
Habitat
forming thickets, in regrowth and on rocky hills within the forest regions as well as in dry savannah vegetation
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Distribution
Sen. Roger! Perrottet 274! Cayor Heudelot 536!Fr.Sud. Baranigué (Sept.) Chev. 3366! Bamako (Sept.) Waterlot 1391!Fr. G. Kankan Chev. 586.S. L. Wallia (Feb.) Sc. Elliot 4293! Yetaya (Sept.) Thomas 2310! Kabala-Musaia road (Sept.) Deighton 4871!Lib. Moylakwelli (Oct.) Linder 1314!Iv. C. Dedougou Aubrév. 2756.Dah. Abomey Chev. 23175.N. Nig. Kano Lamb 10! Katagum Dalz. 50! Geidam (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Elliott 134! Lokoja (Sept.) T. Vogel 187! Barter! Bauchi Plateau (Aug.) Lely P. 582!S. Nig. Lagos MacGregor 261! Olokemeji Foster 111!
Acacia ataxacantha DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
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