Acacia tortilis heteracantha
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Full name: | Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne subsp. heteracantha (Burch.) Brenan |
| Location: | Farm Urikos (2416AC) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Haak-en-steek, Krulpeul, Basterkameeldoring |
| English common name(s): | Umbrella thorn |
| Synonym(s): | Acacia heteracantha Burch. Acacia litakunensis Burch. Acacia maras Engl. Acacia spirocarpoides Engl. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | This species is easily distinguished from other Acacias by the coiled pods and the presence of both long straight thorns and short hooked thorns. Subsp. heteracantha is normally a shrub or small to medium sized tree. It is a smaller, more shrubby tree than subsp. spirocarpa, which has less tightly coiled pods and has more pubescent pods and young branches. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Tree 2.5-6(10) m high; young branchlets shortly pubescent with hairs usually less than 0.25 mm long, a few to 0.5 mm. Petiole and leaf-rhachis similarly shortly pubescent, the latter 0.5-1.4(2) cm long. Pods c. 5-7 mm wide, glabrous or nearly so, eglandular. (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: | 29 Mar 2015 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | EOS 7D Mark II |
| Lens aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/640 s |
| ISO speed: | 125 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
