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| Synonyms: | ||
| Common names: | Woolly-pod acacia (E) | |
| Frequency: | Local | |
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Rather straggly shrub or small, multi-stemmed tree. Young branchlets densely yellowish-grey velvety. Hooked prickles scattered along the branches and the leaf rhachis. Leaves with 4-7 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 4-15 pairs per pinna, oblong-elliptic, up to 18 × 9 mm, green-green, finely hairy; petiole with a gland near the base. Flowers in short axillary spikes, creamy-white. Pods often in clusters, yellow-brown, densely hairy, 6-12 cm, dehiscent. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | eriocarpa: with woolly fruits | |
| Habitat: | In dry woodland and scrub; a typical constituent of "jesse bush" in the middle Zambezi Valley. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 900 m | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | NW | |
| Growth form: | ST | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
| Literature: | ||
| Endemic status: | ||
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Friday 20 April 2007 |
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