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Acacia xanthophloea
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Runde River at old bridge, Chiredzi District.
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Runde River at old bridge, Chiredzi District.
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Doon Estate, Msasa, Harare
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Doon Estate, Msasa, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
By ruined bridge over the Runde River
Photo: Mark Hyde
By ruined bridge over the Runde River
Photo: Mark Hyde
By ruined bridge over the Runde River
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| Synonyms: |
Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) P.J.H. Hurter |
| Common names: | Fever tree (English) Fever-tree thorn (English) Jelenga (Hlengwe) |
| Description: | Medium-sized deciduous tree. Bark very distinctive, smooth, greenish-yellow or yellow, powdery. Thorns straight, up to 7 cm, white, in pairs at the nodes. Leaves often clustered on short lateral shoots, 4-6 pairs of pinnae. Leaflets in 10-17 pairs per pinna, small, pale yellow-green. Flowers in axillary clusters of pale yellow spherical heads. Pods straight, papery with a wavy margin, indehiscent. |
| Notes: | This tree has been commonly planted around Harare in streets, parks and gardens. Many of these trees are bearing creamy-white flowers. Apparently the seeds from which these trees have been grown were imported from East Africa, where this colour form has been recorded. Acacia xanthophloea is unique within this genus in being variable in flower colour, ranging from creamy-white, pinkish, purplish to pale or golden-yellow. In southern Africa however, only pale to golden-yellow flowers are known from wild populations. |
| Derivation of specific name: | xanthophloea: from the Greek: xanthos meaning yellow, phloios meaning bark. |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Somalia to KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Saturday 10 October 2015 |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Page 96. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 188. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 303. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 215. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 241. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 44. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 166 - 167. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 61. Setshogo, M.P. & Venter, F. (2003). Trees of Botswana: names and distribution SABONET Report No. 18 Southern African Botanical Diversity Network, Pretoria Page 66. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 26. Timberlake, J., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe CBC Publishing, Harare Pages 138 - 139. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 498 - 499. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 594 - 595. (Includes a picture). |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Acacia xanthophloea
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