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Acacia nilotica

Accepted name

 Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Synonyms

 Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd.2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9
Acacia scorpioides W. Wight9
Mimosa arabica Lam.1, 3, 7, 8, 10
Mimosa nilotica L.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mimosa scorpioides L.9

Taxonomy

 Tribe: Acacieae;  Genus: Acacia

Vernacular names

 Acacia de Cayenne3; Babul11; Babul12; Black Piquant3; Casha3; Cassie3; Cassie a Piquants Blancs4; Fantsikasia (Madagascar)6; Goma Ar bica10; Gum Arabic Tree10; Gum Arabic Tree13; Karuvel (Tamil)14; Piquant Lulu15

Descriptors

 Perennial non-climbing tree;  not threatened

Uses

 Chemical products16; Medicine16; Wood16; Chemical products17; Domestic18; Domestic17; Domestic6; Environmental19; Forage19; Forage20; Forage17; Medicine18; Medicine17; Wood18; Wood17

Notes

 Specimens from Madagascar are subsp. subalata (Vatke) Brenan.6

Geographical records

 Africa:   Algeria(N)1, Angola-ISO(N)1, Botswana(N)1, Egypt(N)1, Ethiopia(N)1, Ghana(N)1, Guinea Bissau(N)1, Kenya(N)1, Libya(N)1, Malawi(N)1, Mali(N)1, Mozambique(N)1, Niger(N)21, Nigeria(N)1, Senegal(N)1, Somalia(N)1, South Africa(N)1, Sudan(N)1, Tanzania(N)1, The Gambia(N)1, Togo(N)1, Uganda(N)1, Zambia(N)1, Zimbabwe(N)1

Asia5, 7, 12, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44:   Bangladesh(N)36, China(I)7, 25, Hainan(I)7, India(N)5, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, India-ISO(N)1, Iran(N)23, Iraq(N)23, Nepal(N)32, Pakistan(N)5, Sri Lanka(I)12

Australasia45:   Australia(I)45

Australia:   Northern Territory45, Queensland45

Caribbean3, 8, 10, 13:   Antigua-Barbuda(I)3, Bahamas(I)13, Barbados(I)3, Cuba(I)8, Grenada(I)3, Guadeloupe(I)3, Martinique(I)3, Montserrat(I)3, Puerto Rico(I)10, St Lucia(I)3, St Martin-St Barthelemy(I)3

China:   Yunnan7

India:   Andhra Pradesh37, Bihar33, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli29, Delhi34, Gujarat42, Himachal Pradesh30, Jammu-Kashmir40, Karnataka26, Kerala44, Madhaya Pradesh35, Maharashtra31, Nagaland43, Orissa41, Punjab22, Rajasthan31, Tamil Nadu27, Tripura28, Uttar Pradesh38, West Bengal39

Indian Ocean4, 6, 46:   Madagascar(I)6, Mauritius(I)4, 46, Rodrigues(I)4

Middle East23:   Israel(N)23, Oman(N)23, Syria(N)23, Yemen(N)23

North America2, 47:   United States(I)2, 47

South America9:   Galapagos(I)9

United States:   California2, 47, Florida47

(N = native, I = introduced, U = uncertain status)

Habitats (for Africa only)

 Zambezian woodland1; Sudanian woodland1

Literature citations

 Description1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 19;  Illustration1, 6, 19

Sources

 2005-04 SeneviratneGI (Sinhala & Tamil vern. names);     Coordinator: 1994 Rico ML

References
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3:Howard, R.A. et al. (1988) Dicotyledoneae Part 1. Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum
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Nomenclature
TROPICOS nomenclatural database at Missouri Botanical Garden (W3TROPICOS)
APNI (Australian Plant Name Index): nomenclatural database in Canberra

Rhizobia
database of root-nodule bacteria at RIKEN, Japan


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