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Acacia adenocalyx
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Bart Wursten
Catapu, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: | ||
| Common names: | Pfurura (S) Small-leaved acacia (E) | |
| Frequency: | Rare | |
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Scrambling shrub, often climbing into surrounding trees. Stems and branches slender, often coiled to assist climbing. Thorns small, hooked, not in pairs but scattered along the stems and branches. Leaves with 8-23 pairs of pinnae; leaflets many, very small. Flowers in terminal panicles of white spherical heads. Pods stiffly papery with raised margins, oblong, 5-15 cm long, dotted with minute brown glands, dehiscent. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | adenocalyx: with a glandular calyx | |
| Habitat: | Normally occurring in coastal scrub. In Zimbabwe it is known only from a few specimens in the lower Mazoe Valley. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 650 m (approx) | |
| Flowering time: | ||
| Worldwide distribution: | From Kenya to Mozambique and in Zimbabwe. | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N | |
| Growth form: | SC | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
| Literature: | ||
| Endemic status: | ||
| Red data list status: | CR | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 26 September 2006 |
Other sources of information about Acacia adenocalyx:
Flora of Mozambique: Acacia adenocalyxBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Acacia adenocalyx
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Acacia adenocalyx
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Acacia adenocalyx
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Acacia adenocalyx
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acacia adenocalyx
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Acacia adenocalyx
West African Plants database: Acacia adenocalyx
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