Acacia nilotica subsp. adstringens

Taxobox
name = "Acacia nilotica" subsp. "adstringens"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Mimosoideae
genus = "Acacia"
species = "A. nilotica"
subspecies = ""'A. n." subsp. "adstringens"
trinomial = "Acacia nilotica" subsp. "adstringens"
trinomial_authority = (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty
synonyms =
* "Acacia adansonii" Guill. & Perr.
* "Acacia adstringens" (Schum. & Thonn.) Berhaut
* "Acacia arabica" (Lam.) Willd. var. "adstringens" (Schum. & Thonn.) Baker f.
* "Acacia nilotica" (L.) Delile subsp. "adansonii" (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
* "Mimosa adstringens" Schum. & Thonn.

Description

"Acacia nilotica" subsp. "adstringens" is a perennial tree. It is not listed as being threatened. Some common names for it are Cassie, Piquants Blancs and Piquant Lulu. Its geographic distribution includes Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean area and the Middle East.

"Acacia nilotica" subsp. "adstringens" is difficult to tell apart from "Acacia karoo" without seeing the seed pods. [ [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?sciname=Acacia+dekindtiana ILDIS LegumeWeb] ]

Uses

Wood

The tree's wood heartwood has a density of about 0.945 g/cm³ and its sapwood has a density of about 0.827 g/cm³. [http://www.fao.org/docrep/V5360E/v5360e0f.htm FAO] ]

References

Notes

General references

* [http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Acacia+nilotica+subsp.+adstringens%22&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=1 "Acacia ]
* [http://www.hear.org/pier/species/acacia_nilotica.htm www.hear.org]

External links

[http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&gbv=1&q=%22Acacia+nilotica+subsp.+adstringens%22&btnG=Search+Images "Acacia nilotica subsp. adstringens" -- Google Images]