Acacia senegal rostrata
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Full name: | Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. var. rostrata Brenan |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Driehaakdoring, Driedoringakasia |
| English common name(s): | Bushy three-hook thorn, Bushy three-hook thorn acacia, Three-hook acacia, Threehookthorn |
| Synonym(s): | Acacia oxyosprion Chiov. var. oxyosprion Acacia rostrata Sim Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. subsp. trispinosa auct. - sensu Roberty p.p. quoad specimen Dinter 222 et Rogers 6266 Acacia spinosa Marloth & Engl. - non A. spinosa E.Mey.-- nom.illegit. Acacia trispinosa Marloth & Engl. - non A. trispinosa Stokes. Type as A.spinosa Marloth & Engl.-- nom.illegit. Acacia volkii Suess. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Low spreading, flat-topped shrub, usually less than 4 m tall. Hooked prickles in threes at the nodes; lateral prickles pointing down, the middle one pointing upwards. Leaves c. 5 x 3 cm with 4-6 pairs of pinnae, bearing pale green leaflets. Flowers in axillary spikes, white. Pod short and broad, up to c. 7 x 3 cm with a conspicuous tip at the apex, flat, papery, straw-coloured, dehiscent. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Either a shrub branching at or close to the base or a small tree with a single central stem, 1-4(6) m high; crown dense, flattened; bark normally with a flaking papery peel, creamy-yellow to yellow-green or grey-brown. Inflorescence-axis always pubescent. Pods 2-31, 2 times as long as wide, very rarely more, 2.3-8.5 x 1.6-2.9 cm, usually rostrate or acuminate at the apex. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 21 Dec 2008 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/500 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
