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Acacia ataxacantha DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]

Date Updated: 30 April 2005

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Acacia ataxacantha DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Common names
English Benin rope acacia (Dalziel); benirope (McIntosh). MAURITANIA: ARABIC (Hassaniya) acharam (Aub.) SENEGAL: ARABIC (Senegal) acharam (Aub.; JB) acharan (JB) asaram (JB) DIOLA bu tulao (AS; K&A) bu tulav (JB) FULA-PULAAR (Senegal) gogorlaki (JB) gototé (JB) gubi (JB) gubidanedie = white ‘gubi’
Uses
(leaf, root) Medicines: generally healing (bark, leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (leaf) Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections (leaf) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (root) Medicines: vermifuges (leaf) Medicines: venereal diseases (leaf, stem) Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: hedges, markers (foliage) Agri-horticulture: fodder Agri-horticulture: bee/honey plants, insect plants (bark) Products: fibre (thorn, stem) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (stem) Products: household, domestic and personal items Social: sayings, aphorisms
Products
english: Benin rope acaciaenglish: Beni-ropeenglish: Acacia, Benin rope
Description
A shrubby scrambler, stems to 10 m long forming thickets 4–5 m deep, sometimes scandent, very thorny, of rocky hills in the forest region, and in dry savanna, from Senegal to Nigeria, and widespread in tropical Africa.The plant is grown as a hedge, and to
References
References:1. Adam, 1966,a: 522. 2. Aubréville, 1950: 262. 3. Berhaut, 1975,b: 446–8. 4. Dalziel, 1937: 204–5. 5. Deighton 4167, K. 6. Howes, 1946. 7. Irvine, 1961: 321. 8. Kerharo & Adam, 1964,b: 396. 9. idem, 1974: 560. 10. McIntosh, 1979. 11. Miszewski
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Date Updated: 30 April 2005

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Acacia ataxacantha DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Common names
English Benin rope acacia (Dalziel); benirope(McIntosh). MAURITANIA: ARABIC (Hassaniya)acharam (Aub.) SENEGAL: ARABIC (Senegal)acharam (Aub.; JB) acharan (JB) asaram (JB) DIOLA bu tulao (AS;K&A) bu tulav (JB) FULA-PULAAR (Senegal) gogorlaki (JB) gototé (JB) gubi(JB) gubidanedie = white ‘gubi’
Uses
(leaf, root) Medicines: generally healing (bark, leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (leaf) Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections (leaf) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (root) Medicines: vermifuges (leaf) Medicines: venereal diseases (leaf, stem) Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: hedges, markers (foliage) Agri-horticulture: fodder Agri-horticulture: bee/honey plants, insect plants (bark) Products: fibre (thorn,stem) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (stem) Products: household, domestic and personal items Social: sayings, aphorisms
Products
english: Benin rope acaciaenglish: Beni-ropeenglish: Acacia, Benin rope
Description
A shrubby scrambler, stems to 10 m longforming thickets 4–5 m deep, sometimes scandent, very thorny,of rocky hills in the forest region, and in dry savanna, fromSenegal to Nigeria, and widespread in tropical Africa.The plant is grown as a hedge, and to
References
References:1. Adam, 1966,a: 522. 2. Aubréville,1950: 262. 3. Berhaut, 1975,b: 446–8. 4. Dalziel, 1937:204–5. 5. Deighton 4167, K. 6. Howes, 1946. 7. Irvine, 1961:321. 8. Kerharo & Adam, 1964,b: 396. 9. idem, 1974: 560. 10.McIntosh, 1979. 11. Miszewski
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Acacia ataxacantha DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
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