Leguminosae-mim Acacia elatior ssp. Brenan turkanae Brenan

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Keywords in this picture :

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

Species information

Interest
Medicine- inner bark of trunk crushed, boiled infusion gives diarrhoea for bad stomach, also ometric(?). Leaves used for tea/ bark infusion for diarrhea; goats and camels eat leaves.

Other Notes
Common names: Kenya: Anyasaitian (Pokot), Esanyanait (Turkana), Esanyanayit (Turkana), Ethanany (Turkana), Ethanyanait (Turkana), Ewoi (Turkana), Hatat (Pokot); Sudan: Nyarenai (Topotha). Also recorded in Uganda. Species characteristics : A large riverine tree up to 25 m tall, with a rounded crown. It is split into two subspecies, subspecies elatior having glabrous young branches, leaves and pods and some spines inflated along their length (but not basally) and subspecies turkanae having pubescent pods, spreading hairs on young branches and no inflated spines. The typical subspecies is restricted to Kenya. This species is closely related and can be confused wit A. etbaica but differes in being a large tree with occassional pseudo-galls. Distribution: Kenya (Turkana, Rift valley, Baringo, Marsabit); Sudan (Al Istiw'a'iyah). Specimen total: 29 Degree squares: 9 Collection years: 1934-1981 Phenology : Flowering period: Apr(1), May(1), Jun(3), Aug(2), Sep(1), Oct(2); Fruiting period: Jan(6), Feb(2), Mar(3), Apr(1), May(1), Jun(2), Aug(1), Sep(1), Dec(2) Altitude range: 365-1067m

Specimen information

Collector
PS

Specimen Number
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