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| Synonyms: |
Acacia joachimii Harms Acacia ulugurensis Harms Acacia van-meelii Gilbert & Boutique Senegalia goetzei (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr. subsp. microphylla (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr. |
| Common names: | Purple-pod thorn (English) |
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| Description: |
This subspecies can be distinguished from subsp. goetzei by the more numerous (8-23 pairs) leaflets, which are narrower and oblong, usually less than 3 mm wide. There are normally glands on the rhachis between the top 3-5 pairs of pinnae, while in subsp. goetzei there is one a gland between the top pair of pinnae. Both subspecies have a similar, overlapping distribution. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | goetzei: after Walter Goetze (1872-1899), German naturalist, explorer, photographer and collector of botanical and zoological specimens in Tanzania. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, northern Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 77 - 78. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 205. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 214. 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. Timberlake, J., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe CBC Publishing, Harare Pages 64 - 67. (Includes a picture). |
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