Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae | > | Acacia | > | torrei |
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Frequency: | Locally common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub up to c. 2 m tall. Young branches covered in dark pustular glands. Spines in pairs at the nodes, up to 5 cm long, straight. Leaves compound with 7-13 (-20) pairs of pinnae and 6-15 pairs of leaflets per pinna. Gland present at the junction of the top 1-2 pinnae pairs, often also on the petiole and scattered dark glands on the rhachis. Flowers in spherical heads, golden yellow. Pods distinctively curved almost full circle, irregularly constricted between the seeds, covered in dark pustular glands and hairs, dehiscent. |
Type location: |
Between Inhaminga and Rio Urema, Mozambique |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | torrei: for António Rocha da Torre (1904–1995), Portuguese biologist and pharmacist. |
Habitat: | On alluvial soils in wet grassland or scrub, often forming large stands. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
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Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to Central Mozambique in the Urema and Zangue basins, in and to the north of the Gorongosa NP. |
National distribution: | MS |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | Endemic |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Monday 19 December 2011 |
Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Page 91. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 197. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 85. |
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