Acacia burkei Benth.

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Synonyms: Senegalia burkei (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Common names: Black monkey thorn (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Medium to large deciduous tree. Thorns strongly hooked, blackish-brown, in pairs just below the nodes. Leaves with 3-5 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 4-10 pairs per pinna, velvety at least on the veins. Flowers in white spikes. Pods straight, flat with conspicuous veins, 8-12 cm long, apiculate, blackish-brown, dehiscent.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: burkei: named after Botanist and collector Joseph Burke (1812 - 1873), who collected the type in northern South Africa.
Habitat: On sandy soils in hot and dry deciduous woodland.
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Flowering time:Oct - Jan
Worldwide distribution: From KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini to Mozambique and SE Zimbabwe
Mozambique distribution: N,MS,GI,M
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Content last updated: Tuesday 31 July 2007
Literature:

Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Page 76.

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 204. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2.

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 213.

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.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 59.

Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 25.

Timberlake, J., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe CBC Publishing, Harare Pages 40 - 41. (Includes a picture).

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Acacia burkei.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=125810, retrieved 28 March 2024

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