Acacia senegal (L.)Willd.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Acacia Miller
Tribe: Acacieae
References: [50]

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Other names:

• Acacia circummarginata Chiov. [Synonym] [50]
  
• Acacia cufodontii Chiov. [Synonym] [50]
  
• Acacia glaucophylla sensu Brenan [Misapplied] [35][50]
  
• Acacia kinionge sensu Brenan [Misapplied] [35][50]
  
• Acacia oxyosprion Chiov. [Synonym] [50]
  
• Acacia senegal (L.)Willd. Subsp. modesta (Wallich)Roberty [Synonym] [50]
  
• Acacia senegal (L.)Willd. Subsp. senegalensis Roberty [Synonym] [50]
  
• Acacia somalensis sensu Brenan [Misapplied] [50][35]
  
• Acacia sp.1 F.White [Synonym] [50]
  
• Acacia spinosa Marloth & Engl. [Synonym] [50]
  
• Acacia thomasii sensu Brenan [Misapplied] [50][35]
  
• Acacia volkii Suesseng. [Synonym] [50]
  

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Common Names:

• Gum Arabic [14]
  
• Kher [1902]
  
• Senegal Gum [1902]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994 Rico ML
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Chemical products [14]
  
• Domestic [1877]
  
• Fibre [1877]
  
• Food and Drink [14] [1877] [2059]
  
• Forage [1877]
  
• Medicine [14] [1877]
  
• Wood [1877]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [50]
  • Botswana [50]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ethiopia [50]
  • Gambia The [11]
  • Ivory Coast [11]
  • Kenya [50]
  • Mali [11]
  • Mauritania [11]
  • Mozambique [50]
  • Namibia-ISO [50]
  • Niger [11]
  • Nigeria [50]
  • Rwanda [8]
  • Senegal [50]
  • Somalia [50]
  • South Africa [50]
  • Sudan [8]
  • Swaziland [50]
  • Tanzania [50]
  • Uganda [50]
  • Zaire [8]
  • Zambia [50]
  • Zimbabwe [50]

• Asia [1914] [1958] [2010] [2085]
  • China [1958]
  • India-ISO [11] [1914]
  • Pakistan [2010]
  • Taiwan [2085]

• Caribbean [2157]
  • Haiti [2157]

• Middle East [1939]
  • Oman [1939]

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Notes:

• Very variable. 5 intergrading varieties recognised by Ross (ref.50).
  
• A.circummarginata probably a good species (Gillett,pers.comm, Kew).
  
• For ecology in Pakistan, see Cheema & Qadir, Vegetatio 27:131-162 (1973).
  
• Most important commercial source of best quality gum arabic [2059]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:48:43