Herbaria

Family

Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

subfamily

Mimosoideae

Genus

Vachellia Wight & Arn.

Species

Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi subsp. tortilis

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi

citation

Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 149(1): 150 (2008).

herbariaSynonyms

Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne subsp. tortilis

Mimosa tortilis Forssk.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nn-On-Di-Dg-Ra-Rz-S)

CAIA (Ge-Ra)

CAIRC (Ge-Ra)

TANE (Nn-Rz-Ra-S-Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

W. Kansisrob

Wadi Haikwal

Wadi Alam near Marsa Alam

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

18\10\1956

24/Oct/1956

25/Oct/1956

herbariaCollector

A. Khattab

L. Boulos

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAIA

CAIRC

CAI

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAIA (1)

CAI (54)

CAIRC (5)

TANE (18)

Habitat

Wadi beds

FlFrperiod

March-December

LifeForm

Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Sant سنط

EnglishName

umbrella thorn acacia/ curly pod acacia

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Africa, E Mediterranean to Arabia, introduced in India

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Boulos, L. 1999. Flora of Egypt, vol1. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Hassan, R. and Hamdy, R. 2021. Synoptic Overview of Exotic Acacia, Senegalia and Vachellia (Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoid Clade, Fabaceae) in Egypt. Plants 10: 1344