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Acacia schweinfurthii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Main Camp, Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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Nr Umvumvumvu R Br. by Mutare to Birchenough Br. rd
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Main Camp, Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
Photo: Mark Hyde
Pokoteke Gorge
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| Synonyms: |
Senegalia schweinfurthii (Brenan & Exell) Seigler & Ebinger |
| Common names: | River climbing acacia (English) |
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| Description: |
Liane or scandent shrub, forming thickets or climbing into large trees. Thorns not paired but scattered along the stems, small and slightly curved. The leaves are large, up to 20 cm × 8 cm, with 8 to 15 pairs of pinnae and a distinct gland just above the base of the petiole. The main rhachis often has thorn on the underside. Inflorescences terminal or axillary in panicles of white spherical flowers. The pods are large (up to 20 cm) and leathery, transversely marked and sometimes constricted between the seeds. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | schweinfurthii: named after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), German botanical collector and taxonomist. |
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| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
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| Malawi distribution: | C,S |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Charaxes zoolina zoolina (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 83 - 85. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 207. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2. As Acacia schweinfurthii schweinfurthii Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 184. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 214. As Acacia schweinfurthii schweinfurthii and Acacia schweinfurthii sericea Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 241. Mannheimer, C. & Curtis B. (2009). Le Roux and Müller's Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Namibia Macmillan Education, Windhoek, Namibia. Pages 116 - 117. (Includes a picture). 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. As Acacia schweinfurthii schweinfurthii and Acacia schweinfurthii sericea Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 60. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 14. as Acacia pennata Timberlake, J., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe CBC Publishing, Harare Pages 114 - 115. (Includes a picture). |
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