Acacia mellifera detinens
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Habit
14 Dec 2017
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Leafy branch
14 Dec 2017
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Leafy branch
14 Dec 2017
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Leaves
02 Apr 2015
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Habit
20 Feb 2018
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Branch with leaves and thorns
20 Feb 2018
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Full name: | Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Benth. subsp. detinens (Burch.) Brenan |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Swarthaak, Hakiesbos, !Noi, Gnoibos, Nooibos, Beiraboom, Beira-boom, Blouhaak, Blouhaakdoring, Blou-haakdoring, Blouhaakdoringboom, Bruinhaakdoring, Bruin-haakdoring, Gnoibos, Haakdoring, Hakiesdoring, Heiraboom, Swarthaak-akasia, Swarthaakdoring, Wag-'n-bietjie, Wag-'n-bietjie-doring, Weerhaakdoring, Wynruithaakdoring, Wynruit-wag-'n-bietjie, Noebos |
| English common name(s): | Black thorn, Black thorn acacia, Hook thorn, Wait-a-bit thorn, Beira, Noebush |
| Synonym(s): | Acacia detinens Burch. Acacia tenax Marloth |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Shrub or small tree. Young branches with distinct white lenticels; strongly hooked prickles in pairs at the nodes. Leaves c. 3 x 2 cm with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each only with 1-2 pairs of leaflets; leaflets obovate, asymmetric, up to 2 x 1.5 cm, blue-green. Flowers in axillary clusters of subspherical or very shortly elongate heads, white, sweetly scented. Pod up to 9 x 2.5 cm, papery, straight, smooth, straw-coloured, dehiscent. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| 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 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
