Leguminosae-mim Acacia gourmaensis A. Chev.

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Fruit
• Pod
• Vegetative
• Fruit type
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Nabari Forest Reserve - NSBPGHANA
• AFAO HILLS F.R. - Ghana TSP
• AFIA SHELTERBELT F.R. - Ghana TSP
• AIYAOLA F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ANHWIASO EAST F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ASENANYO RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ATEWA RANGE EXTENSION F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ATEWA RANGE F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BEMU F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BEN WEST F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BIA TANO F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BIA TRIBUTARIES NORTH F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BIA TRIBUTARIES SOUTH GPR - Ghana TSP
• BOIN RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BONSA BEN F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BONSA RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BONSAM BEPO F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BOSUMTWI RANGE F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BOWIYE RANGE F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BURA RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• CAPE THREE POINTS F.R. - Ghana TSP
• DADIASO F.R. - Ghana TSP
• DAMPIA RANGE F.R. - Ghana TSP
• DISUE RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• DRAW RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• EBI RIVER SHELTERBELT F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ESEN EPAM F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ESUBONI F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ESUKAWKAW F.R. - Ghana TSP
• FUM HEADWATERS F.R. - Ghana TSP
• FURE HEADWATERS F.R. - Ghana TSP
• FURE RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• KAJEASI F.R. - Ghana TSP
• MAMANG RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• MAMIRI F.R. - Ghana TSP
• MIRASA HILLS F.R. - Ghana TSP
• MURO F.R. - Ghana TSP
• NDUMFRI F.R. - Ghana TSP
• NEUNG SOUTH (split ex Neung) F.R. - Ghana TSP
• NSUENSA F.R. - Ghana TSP
• NYAMIBE BEPO F.R. - Ghana TSP
• OBOYOW F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ODA RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• OFIN SHELTERBELT F.R. - Ghana TSP
• OPON MANSI F.R. - Ghana TSP
• PAMU BEREKUM F.R. - Ghana TSP
• PRA ANUM F.R. - Ghana TSP
• PRA SUHIEN 1 F.R. - Ghana TSP
• PRA SUHIEN 2 F.R. - Ghana TSP
• SUBIM F.R. - Ghana TSP
• SUBIN SHELTERBELT F.R. - Ghana TSP
• SUBRI RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• SUHUMA F.R. - Ghana TSP
• SUI RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TAIN TRIBUTARIES II F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TANO ANWIA F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TANO NIMIRI F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TANO OFIN F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TANO SUHIEN F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TANO SURAW EXTENSION F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TONTON F.R. - Ghana TSP
• UPPER WASSAW F.R. - Ghana TSP
• YOYO F.R. - Ghana TSP

Species information

Interest
It has many uses in west Africa, from fodder, bee forage, medicinal uses and fibres of inner bark and roots are used for wickerwork (Von Maydell 1990). Occasionally used for firewood in the Sahel (Wickens et al. 1995). The bark is somewhat thick and corky and is black. It is used with herbs in making ink according to Hausa cattleman. Yields a gum, from stem said to be of little use. The wood is hard and used by Dagombas in Northern Ghana for hoe handles. Bark of both stems and roots is fibrous and the fibre is used for making rope and woven into sacks for packing gum, and various forms of wickerwork in the Sahel. In Burkina Faso the root has a reputation for calming convulsive coughing, it is swallowed after long chewing (Burkhill 1995). The Gourmantche use a bark decoction to treat jaundice. The foliage is nutritious with 21% crude protein, and camels browse it, with sheep and goats eating the fallen pods. Elephants and other wild animals also the dry pods and foliage. Flowers are a good bee forage, providing pollen and nectar (Wickens et al. 1995).

Other Notes
Common names: Ghana: Gowuraga (Nabdam), Welfasa (Dagbani). Species characteristics: Shrub or tree to 7 m high with many short branches. Bark is grey and corky with a red slash, and like A. mellifera has paired thorns and one pair of elliptic petioled leaflets. Prefers the Sudanian savannas, occuring on humose, loamy soils and also lateritic sites. It is closely related to A. mellifera, differing from subspecies mellifera in having 3-5 pinnae pairs and from subspecies detinens in having glabrous leaves, and having different distributions. Distribution: Burkina Faso (Est, Gourma); Ghana (Northern, Ashanti, Eastern, Upper); Nigeria (Oyo, Ilorin, Sokoto, Kwara, Kontagora, Niger); Togo. also Ivory Coast and Dahomy. Specimen total: 29 Degree squares: 17 Collection years: 1800-1977 Phenology : Flowering period: Mar(1), Jul(3), Aug(2), Sep(5), Nov(2); Fruiting period: Jan(1), Feb(2), May(2), Jun(2), Jul(1), Sep(2), Oct(1), Dec(1) Altitude range: 152-400m

Specimen information

Collection Date
16/11/2005

Collector
Ekpe, P.

Specimen Number
256

Location
Nabari Forest Reserve, near Wulugu.

Notes
Small tree with spikes. Leaves compound and feathery; leaflets in paired. Fuits flat, 2-seeded, about 5cm long and 2cm across. Slash reddish.

Coordinates
Latitude: 10.268480 N   Longitude: 0.535640 W   Altitude: 0.0