Leguminosae-mim Acacia montigena

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Gland
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Leaf parts
• Leaf blade glands etc
• Glands (large types)
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Species information

Interest
A root infusion used as a remedy for worms by the Luhya (Kenya, Kakamega) - Beentje 1994

Other Notes
Common names: Kenya: Mughobari (Kakamega); Malawi: Kaperekesi (Chisukwa); Rwanda: Lute (Kilega), Umufatangwe (Kinyaruanda), Umugeyo (Kinyaruanda); Tanzania: Mshewa (Shambaa); Zaire: Uu (Kilendu); Zambia: Chi kwata (Lu-vale). Species characteristics : Scandent shrub or climber to 30 m high, young branches dark brown to blackish, pubescent and with numerous scettered red-purple glands. Has scattered prickles like all climbing Acacias, and occurs in upland rainforest usually above a 1000 meters. Closely related to A. pentagona and A. kamerunensis, it differes in the dense hairs and glands that cover the young branches. It has thin dehiscent pods like A. kamerunensis, but wider and darker brown, unlike the indehiscent pods of A. pentagona. Compare differences in altitude and distribution between them.Recorded mostly in forest edges or gaps, on loamy soils. Distribution: Burundi (Muramvya, Bururi); Ethiopia (Kefa, Ilubabor); Kenya (Central, North Kavirondo); Malawi (Nkhotakota, Southern, Nkhata Bay, Nkata Bay, Northern); Rwanda (Shangugu, Cyangugu); Tanzania (Handeni, Lushoto, Mpwapwa, Morogoro); Uganda (Kigezi); Zaire (Forestier Central, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Lac Albert, ); Zambia (Western, North western). Specimen total: 53 Degree squares: 22 Collection years: 1904-1993 Phenology : Flowering period: Jan(6), Feb(4), Mar(5), Apr(3), Jun(4), Jul(2), Sep(1), Oct(1), Nov(2), Dec(10) Fruiting period: May(2), Jun(3), Sep(2), Oct(1), Nov(2), Dec(1) Altitude range: 1000- (1600-2000) -2134m

Specimen information

Collector
PS

Specimen Number
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