- Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus: Vachellia Wight & Arn.
Vachellia erioloba (E.Mey.) P.J.H.Hurter
- Genus: Vachellia Wight & Arn.
This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Tropical & S. Africa.
Descriptions
According to Flora Zambesiaca under the synonym Acacia giraffae
[FZ]Leguminosae, J.P.M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 3:1. 1970
- Habit
- Tree (4·5)6-16(22) m. high, often rather large, rounded or flat-topped with a spread up to 18 m., bark deeply furrowed, grey-black to blackish-brown; young branchlets glabrous to rather densely spreading-pubescent, eglandular.
- Stipules
- Stipules spinescent, up to 5(8·5) cm. long, often rather stout, often thickened below and fused together at the base into an enlarged “ant-gall” up to c. 1·5-2 x 2-2·5 cm., furrowed or not down the middle; other prickles absent.
- Leaves
- Leaves with a small sessile gland at the junction of each of the (1)2-5 pairs of pinnae; no petiolar gland; leaflets (6)8-15 pairs, 4·5-13 x 1·5-4·5 mm., glabrous to pubescent especially on the margins, entire, eglandular, rounded to subacute but not spinulose-mucronate at the apex; lateral nerves ± prominent and visible beneath.
- Flowers
- Flowers bright golden-yellow, in axillary often long-pedunculate heads 8-12 mm. in diam. scattered along shoots usually of the previous season, rarely of the current one; involucel strictly apical.
- Calyx
- Calyx 2·5 mm. long, glabrous.
- Corolla
- Corolla 3-3·5 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so.
- Fruits
- Pods indehiscent, (4)6-11 x 2·5-4·7 cm., straight to falcate, very densely grey-velutinous all over.
- Seeds
- Seeds deep-chestnut-brown, 8-13 x 7-10 mm., irregular in size and shape, sometimes scarcely compressed; areole variable in size, 3-6·5 x 2-4 mm.
According to International Legume Database and Information Service under the synonym Acacia erioloba
[ILDIS]International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian woodland, Karroo-Namib bushland and thicket., Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; wooded grassland.
- Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
Uses
Images
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Common Names
- English
- Camel thorn, Giraffe thorn, Mimosa, Thorn tree
Other Data
Vachellia erioloba (E.Mey.) P.J.H.Hurter appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (17 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Jan 1, 1965 | Richards, H.M. [14716], Botswana | Acacia giraffae | K000489597 | |
Jan 1, 1965 | Pole-Evans, I.B. [2483], Botswana | Acacia giraffae | K000489596 | |
Jan 1, 1965 | Baines, T. [s.n.], Botswana | Acacia giraffae | K000489600 | |
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [4039], Botswana | Acacia giraffae | K000489599 | ||
Mavi, S. [1164], Botswana | Acacia giraffae | K000489595 | ||
Yalala, A.M. [136], Botswana | Acacia giraffae | K000489594 | ||
Feb 4, 1974 | Acocks, J.P.H. [13190], South Africa | Acacia erioloba | K000244431 | |
Feb 4, 1974 | Morris, J. W. [1042], South Africa | Acacia erioloba | K000244430 | neotype |
Gossweiler, J. [11032], Angola | Acacia erioloba | K001276650 | ||
unknown [2300], Botswana | Acacia erioloba | K000244427 | ||
Burchell [1952], South Africa | Acacia erioloba | K000244426 | Unknown type material | |
Burchell [1952], South Africa | Acacia erioloba | K000244429 | Unknown type material | |
Burchell [s 254x], Botswana | Acacia erioloba | K000244425 | ||
Burchell [2402-3], Botswana | Acacia erioloba | K000244428 | ||
Long, D.G. [104], Botswana | Acacia erioloba | K000489598 | ||
Hansen, O.J. [3176], Botswana | Acacia erioloba | K000489601 | ||
Cook, F.E.M. [90], Botswana | Acacia erioloba | K000489593 |
Bibliography
First published in D.J.Mabberley, Plant-book, ed. 3: 1021 (2008)
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Sources
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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International Legume Database and Information Service
International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Plants and People Africa
Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
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