Acacia ataxacantha DC.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Ruia River crossing, Kariba

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp

Synonyms:	Acacia lugardiae N.E. Br.
Common names:	Flame thorn (English) Muchanga (Shona) Mugowa (Shona) Mukakanyuro (Shona) Mukombokunono (Shona) Mukomborakombora (Shona) Musavahanga (Shona) Rukato (Shona) Ulutatu (Ndebele) Umbambangwe (Ndebele) Umqaqawe (Ndebele) Uthathawu (Ndebele)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Scrambling or climbing shrub, rarely a small tree. Hooked prickles are scattered along the stems and the leaf rhachis. Leaves with 8-15 pairs of pinnae; petiole with a stalked gland at the base. Flowers in axillary spikes creamy-white. Pod straight, slender, papery reddish-brown, dehiscent.
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Habitat:	In dry wooded grassland and rocky hillsides, often forming thickets in "jesse bush".
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1200 m
Flowering time:	Dec - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa and S Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,S
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Tuesday 31 July 2007
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