- Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus: Senegalia Raf.
Senegalia laeta (R.Br. ex Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
- Genus: Senegalia Raf.
[FWTA]
Mimosaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
- Morphology General Habit
- A small glabrous tree
- Morphology General Spines
- Black curved spines
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Spikes of white flowers.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub or tree up to 6 m high; young branchlets brownish, glabrous
- Morphology General Prickles
- Prickles in pairs or rarely in threes, hooked, up to 5.5 mm long
- Morphology Leaves
- Pinnae 2–3 pairs; leaflets 3–5 pairs, ± obovate-elliptic, 4–15 x 2–7 mm, veined
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers yellowish-white in 3.5–5 cm long spiciform racemes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 1.25–2 mm long, glabrous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2.7–4 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods straight, dehiscent, 3.5–8 x (1–)1.7–2.8(–4) cm, pale brown, veined, glabrous or slightly puberulous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds subcircular, 8–10 mm in diam.; areole 2 x 2 mm.
- Distribution
- N1–3; C1 Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and westwards to Niger and Mali, Kenya, Tanzania, also in Arabia and the Dead Sea region.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 240–1350 m.
- Vernacular
- Bilcil, cadaad (Somali)
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub or small tree up to 6 m. high.
- Morphology Branches
- Young branchlets glabrous, grey-brown or rarely purplish.
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules not spinescent.
- Morphology General Prickles
- Prickles in pairs just below each node, purplish-black, hooked, 3–5.5 mm. long, their base about 3–5 mm. long.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves:petiole usually glandular; rhachis glabrous to ± pubescent, frequently with a gland between the top pair of pinnae; pinnae 2–3 pairs; leaflets (2–) 3–5 pairs, 4–15 (–20) mm. long, 2–7 (–10) mm. wide, obliquely obovate-elliptic or -oblong, glabrous or ± puberulous, venose, rounded to mucronate or subacute at apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white, subsessile or up to 0.5 (–0.75, very rarely 1) mm. pedicellate, in spiciform racemes 3.5–5 cm. long on peduncles 0.5–2 cm. long; axis glabrous or ± pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 1.25–2 mm. long, glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2.75–4 mm. long, 5-lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamen-filaments 5–7 mm. long, free; anthers 0.1 mm. across, with a caducous gland.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary glabrous at first, very shortly stipitate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods (Fig. 14/6, p. 52) pale brown, dehiscent, glabrous or slightly puberulous towards base, oblong, straight, venose, rounded to acuminate at apex, 3.5–8 cm. long, 1.7–2.8 (–4) cm. wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds subcircular-lenticular, 9 (–10) mm. diam.; central areole small, somewhat impressed, 2 × 2 mm.
- Habitat
- Deciduous bushland; said by Burtt (T.T.C.L.: 329) to be locally common with Commiphora merkeri and Acacia mellifera on hard-pan soils in desert thornbush, and by Trapnell (2203) to occur with Commiphora and Balanites on sandy loam; Trapnell 2203 was collected at 1680 m.
- Distribution
- Egypt, French Sudan, the Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland Protectorate and Ethiopia, also in Arabia and the Dead Sea regionaccording to Aubréville also in French Niger Colony, Ivory Coast and Nigeria K6 T2
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Sahel regional transition zone - wooded grassland., Sahara regional transition zone; woodland., Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
Native to:
Algeria, Burkina, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Cuba
Senegalia laeta (R.Br. ex Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 1, 1998 | Madsen, J.E. [6051], Mali | Acacia laeta | K000386469 | |
illegible [s.n] | Acacia laeta | K000244153 | ||
Madsen, J.E. [5988], Burkina Faso | Acacia laeta | K000386468 | ||
Diallo, D. [282], Mali | Acacia laeta | K000386470 |
First published in Phytologia 91: 27 (2009)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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