Acacia seyal
fistula
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Photo: Warren McCleland
Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado.
Photo: Warren McCleland
Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado.
Photo: Warren McCleland
Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado.
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| Synonyms: |
Acacia fistula Schweinf. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A small tree to 9 m tall. The bark is smooth, consisting of a thin whitish or reddish-brown powdery covering, which rubs off to expose green succulent under bark. Typically branches in the lower 1 m or more are burned off, while the trunk remains unscarred. The paired spines are straight, white, and in var. fistula often fused and swollen at the base forming ant-galls. The flowers are in bright yellow globose heads. Pods linear-falcate, 7-22 cm long, more or less constricted between the seeds, hairless but with some sessile glands. |
| Type location: |
Sudan |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Floodplain grassland on black cotton soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 20 - 1220 m |
| Flowering time: | Jun - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Sudan and Somalia through eastern Africa to Mozambique, Malawi and the Kafue River basin in Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 21 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 88 - 89. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 188. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Malawi: Acacia seyal var. fistulaFlora of Zambia: Acacia seyal var. fistula
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Acacia seyalAfrican Plant Database: Acacia seyal
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Acacia seyal
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Acacia seyal
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Acacia seyal
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