Vachellia amythethophylla (steud. ex A.rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Vachellia

Characteristics

A spiny shrub. It grows 8 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.1 - 12.19
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 3.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Deciduous savannah woodland; savannah forest, sometimes forming thorny thickets; wooded grassland; dambos, rocky savannah, alluvial plains (Zaire); rocky hillsides; at elevations from 600-2,000 metres, occasionally descending to near sea level.
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It is a tropical plant. It usually grows between 600-2,000 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food bee plant charcoal environmental use food fuel gene source invertebrate food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Vachellia amythethophylla world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Vachellia amythethophylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77131681-1
WFO ID wfo-0001336824
COL ID 7F985
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Acacia amythethophylla Acacia prorsispinula Acacia buchananii Acacia dalzielii Vachellia amythethophylla Vachellia macrothyrsa Acacia macrothyrsa