Herbaria

Family

Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

subfamily

Mimosoideae

Genus

Vachellia Wight & Arn.

Species

Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.

citation

in D.J.Mabberley, Plant-book, ed. 3: 1021 (2008)

herbariaSynonyms

Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile

Mimosa nilotica L.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nv-Nn-Ol-On- Dl- Da)

CAIRC (Nv-Nn-Ol-On-Da)

TANE (Nv-Da)

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herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIRC

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (50)

CAIRC (15)

TANE (21)

Habitat

Nile banks and irrigated soil

FlFrperiod

May-December

LifeForm

Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Sant سنط

Qarad قرض

EnglishName

gum arabic tree/ thorn mimosa/ Egyptian acacia or thorny acacia

herbariaUses

medicinal

Fodder

Gum producer

Lumber

GlobalDistribution

Dry parts of Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar, introduced into Australia and America

Chorology

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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

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

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

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

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