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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: |
Senegalia adenocalyx (Brenan & Exell) Kyal. & Boatwr. |
| Common names: | Pfurura (Shona) Small-leaved acacia (English) |
| 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 sand forest and 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 Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, tree, liane, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Critically Endangered |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 26 September 2006 |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Page 82. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 208. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 240. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 165. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 44. Timberlake, J., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe CBC Publishing, Harare Pages 30 - 31. (Includes a picture). |
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