Acacia eriocarpa Brenan

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Acacia eriocarpa

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Acacia eriocarpa

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

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Synonyms: Senegalia eriocarpa (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Common names: Woolly-pod acacia (English)
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: N,W
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Images last updated: Saturday 11 February 2017
Literature:

Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 66 - 67.

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 202. (Includes a picture).

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 214.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 240.

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 46 - 47. (Includes a picture).


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Acacia eriocarpa
African Plant Database: Acacia eriocarpa
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acacia eriocarpa
JSTOR Plant Science: Acacia eriocarpa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Acacia eriocarpa
Plants of the World Online: Acacia eriocarpa
Tropicos: Acacia eriocarpa
Wikipedia: Acacia eriocarpa


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Acacia eriocarpa.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=125860, retrieved 28 March 2024

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