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Acacia erubescens
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Tonorai primary School, rd to Birchough Bridge, Save Valley
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tonorai primary School, rd to Birchough Bridge, Save Valley
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tonorai primary School, rd to Birchough Bridge, Save Valley
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tonorai primary School, rd to Birchough Bridge, Save Valley
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tonorai primary School, rd to Birchough Bridge, Save Valley
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| Synonyms: |
Acacia dulcis Marloth & Engl. |
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| Common names: | Blue thorn (E) Gowe (N) | |
| Frequency: | ||
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Small to medium-sized, often multi-stemmed tree. Stem pale, fissured with a distinctly flaking bark, even on the smaller branches. Thorns hooked, c. 6 cm, in pairs at the nodes. Leaves not large, up to 6 × 4 cm, with 4-7 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 10-25 pairs per pinna, often slightly curved; petiole fairly long, c. 1.3 cm to the first pinnae, with a raised gland near the base. Flowers in axillary spikes, white, before or with the new leaves. Pods straight, more or less oblong with conspicuous venation, leathery, pointed at the apex, dehiscent. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | erubescens: reddening, rose. possibly referring to the young pods. | |
| Habitat: | In hot dry areas | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 900 m | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, DRC, Namibia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | NWCES | |
| Growth form: | ST | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
| Literature: | ||
| Endemic status: | ||
| Red data list status: | ||
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 14 February 2007 |
Other sources of information about Acacia erubescens:
Flora of Mozambique: Acacia erubescensBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Acacia erubescens
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Acacia erubescens
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Acacia erubescens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Acacia erubescens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acacia erubescens
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Acacia erubescens
West African Plants database: Acacia erubescens
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