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Acacia nigrescens
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Victoria Falls
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Rd to Chisumbanje, Save Valley
Photo: Petra Ballings
Rd to Chisumbanje, Save Valley
Photo: Petra Ballings
Rd to Chisumbanje, Save Valley
Photo: Petra Ballings
Rd to Chisumbanje, Save Valley
Photo: Petra Ballings
Rd to Chisumbanje, Save Valley
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| Synonyms: |
Acacia pallens (Benth.) Rolfe |
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| Common names: | Chinanga (S) Gakaunga (S) Isinanga (N) Katopa (N) Knob thorn (E) Muguhunga (S) Mukaya (S) Mukuu (N) Munanga (S) Mupumbu (N) Umkhayamhlophe (N) | |
| Frequency: | ||
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Medium to large, deciduous tree. Bark dark brown to almost black. The trunk and main branches often covered in numerous knobs,tipped with a hooked prickle. Thorns strongly hooked, in pairs at the nodes. Leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinna, each with only 1-2 pairs of oval to near-circular leaflets. Flowers in long spikes, white, sweetly scented, appearing in great profusion before the leaves. Pod straight, pointed at the apex, dark brown, dehiscent.
Note: the leaflets are the largest of any Acacia. See A. burkei and A. mellifera for comparison. |
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| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | nigrescens: 'becoming black', thought to refer to either the colour of the thorns or the pods | |
| Habitat: | In hot and dry woodland and wooded grassland. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m | |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Oct | |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal and West to Botswana and the Caprivi of Namibia. | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | NWCES | |
| Growth form: | T | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
| Literature: | ||
| Endemic status: | ||
| Red data list status: | ||
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 11 March 2007 |
Other sources of information about Acacia nigrescens:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Acacia nigrescens pageFlora of Mozambique: Acacia nigrescens
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Acacia nigrescens
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Acacia nigrescens
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Acacia nigrescens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Acacia nigrescens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acacia nigrescens
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Acacia nigrescens
West African Plants database: Acacia nigrescens
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