Leguminosae-mim Acacia amythethophylla Steud. ex A. Rich.

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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
Used for firewood in the Sahel. The timber properties include a yellow white sapwood with orange streaks, a reddish heartwood with black streaks, being heavy, hard and durable (1170 kg/m3) but easy to split. Because of its small sizes used in turning, carving and inlay work. Young shoots are palatable and readily browsed by livestock, and leaves are even eaten as a cooked vegetable in Malawi (Wickens et al. 1995).

Other Notes
Common names: Kenya: Sugria (Luo); Mozambique: Cangando (Quelimane); Nigeria: Gwono (Hausa); Sudan: Mandomi (Kakwa); Tanzania: Mbuguma (Luguru), Mgugumamvula (Vidunda); Zambia: Chifu (W), Chikumbwangomba (Chikaonde), Chipunga (Chikaundi), Fumbwanombe (Chikaonde), Mununga (Chilunda). Species characteristics : Medium sided tree to 15 m high, this is an unusual African species in having large glabrous leaves (largest in all species), large panicle of orange yellow flower heads, and small thorns which appear to attached differently. This very widespread species occurs in deciduous woodland or wooded grassland, and may only develop into a shrub. Occurs at medium altitudes, usually singly in a wide range of soil types. Ross (1979) recognised two species, but Hunde (1979) sunk A. macrothyrsa Harms into synonymy. Distribution: Angola (Benguela, Cuanza sul); Burkina Faso (Hauts Bassins); Cameroon ); Ethiopia (Tigray); Ghana (Northern, Upper); Kenya (Coast, Kapenguria, Kisumu, Nandi, Nandi/N. Kavirondo, North Kavirondo, Nyanza, Rift valley, South Kavirondo, South Nyanza, Uasin Gishu); Malawi (Blantyre, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Lilongwe, Mzimba, Northern, Ntcheu, Nyasaland); Mozambique (Maniamba, Manica e Sofala, Massangulo, Mocuba, Nampula, Niassa, Porto Amelia, Tete, Zambezia); Nigeria (Adamawa, Benue Plateau, Bornu, Ilorin, Katsina, Sokoto); Sudan (Al Istiw'a'iyah, Bahr al Ghazal); Tanzania (Bagamoyo, Biharamulo, Chunya, Dodoma, Geita, Handeni, Iringa, Kahama, Kigoma, Kilosa, Kilwa, Kondoa, Lushoto, Mbeya, Mbulu, Morogoro, Mpwapwa, Mwanza, Southern Highlands); Uganda (Karamoja, Lango, Teso, West Nile); Zaire (Haut Katanga, Lac Albert); Zambia (Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Kafue, Lusaka, Mwinilunga, N Rhod, North western, Northern, Solwezi); Zimbabwe (Bindura, Buhera, Centenary, Charter, Chegutu, Gokwe, Guruve, Gweru, Harare, Hurungwe, Kwekwe, Lomagundi, Makonde, Mazowe, Mutare, Mutoko, Nyanga, Shamva, Umtali ). Specimen total: 279 Degree squares: 76 Collection years: 1840-1996 Phenology: Flowering period: Jan(16), Feb(26), Mar(13), Apr(13), May(5), Jun(2), Jul(11), Aug(8), Sep(7), Oct(3), Nov(3), Dec(8); Fruiting period: Jan(2), Feb(2), Mar(6), Apr(6), May(5), Jun(10), Jul(13), Aug(9), Sep(5), Oct(7), Nov(5), Dec(5) Altitude range: 91- (1000 - 1600) -1829m

Specimen information

Collector
PS

Specimen Number
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