Herbaria

Family

Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

subfamily

Mimosoideae

Genus

Dichrostachys (A.DC.) Wight & Arn.

Species

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.) Wight & Arn.

citation

Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 271. (1834)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nn)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (7)

Habitat

Nile banks

FlFrperiod

March-April

LifeForm

Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

EnglishName

sicklebush/ Bell mimosa/ Chinese lantern tree

herbariaUses

ornamental

forage

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar. Malesia to N. Australia introduced elsewhere

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

LC (Least Concern)

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