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Taxon:  Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton



Summary
Genus:
Senegalia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
314620
Place of publication:
N. L. Britton & P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 6:538. 1930 (Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Isl.)
Verified:
03/07/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton var. leiorhachis (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr. (0 active accession[s])
Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton var. rostrata (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr. (0 active accession[s])
Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton var. senegal (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia senegal (L.) Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia verek Guill. & Perr.
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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/results.cfm
  2. Assoumane, A. et al. 2013. Highlighting the occurrence of tetraploidy in Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. and genetic variation patterns in its natural range revealed by DNA microsatellite markers. Tree Genet. Genomes DOI: 10.1007/s11295-012-0537-0 http://www.springerlink.com/content/112958/
  3. Kyalangalilwa, B. & J. S. Boatwright. 2013. Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:510.
  4. Pedley, L. 1986. Derivation and dispersal of Acacia (Leguminosae), with particular reference to Australia, and the recognition of Senegalia and Racosperma. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92:238. Note: accepts
  5. Seigler, D. S. et al. 2006. The genus Senegalia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from the New World. Phytologia 88:47. Note: mentions
Common names
English
gum-arabic –
gum-arabic-tree –
kher –
Senegal-gum –
Sudan gum-arabic –
three-thorn acacia –
French
acacia à gomme –
gommier blanc –
German
Gummiarabikumbaum –
Senegal-Akazie –
Spanish
acacia del Senegal –
Swedish
gummiakacia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorth West 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan, Chad
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Economic Uses
Bee plants
Environmental
boundary/barrier/support (fide Trop Leg) –
Fuels
charcoal (fide Firewood Cr) –
Human food
gum/mucilage (fide Mansf Ency) –
Materials
gum/resin (fide Trop Leg) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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