Leguminosae-mim Acacia paolii ssp. Chiov.

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Gland
• Node
• Stipule
• Flower
• Fruit
• Habit
• Lamina leaf blade
• Leaflet
• Seed
• Thorn
• Vegetative
• Spines prickles etc
• Fruit details
• Leaf parts
• Stem
• Inflorescence
• Flower part
• Leaf blade glands etc
• Flower & fruit
• Glands (large types)
• Flower bud
• Leaf
• Parts of compound lvs
• Plant parts

Species information

Other Notes
Species characteristics : A short obconical shrub, branching from its base to 2.5 m high with a flat crown. Has distinctive long narrow pods with white hairs. Occurs in dry wooded grasslandand deciduous bushland, sometimes dominant, and often on alluvial or colluvial soils. Subspecies paucijuga differs from subspecies paoli in an abscence of long hairs on the branches and shorter pods which are less attenuate at each end. Common names: Kenya: Chachane (Boran), Chachanne (Boran), Chachanneh (Bora), Eiyelel (Turkana), Gomor (Rendille), Gumur (Somali), Jerin (Somali). Distribution: Ethiopia (Harerge); Kenya (Turkana, Northern Frontier, Garissa, Eastern, Narok, Taita, Maralal, Isiolo, Mandera, Wajir, North-Eastern); Somalia (Hiiraan, Bay, Gedo, Jubbada Dhexe, Hiiran); Sudan . Specimen total: 57 Degree squares: 22 Collection years: 1900-1990 Phenology: Flowering period: Jan(3), May(2), Jun(3), Jul(6), Aug(2), Dec(1); Fruiting period: Jan(7), Feb(3), Mar(3), Apr(1), May(8), Jun(3), Jul(3), Aug(5), Sep(1), Oct(1), Nov(1), Dec(6) Altitude range: 120- (120-800) -1250m

Specimen information

Collector
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Specimen Number
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