Acacia xanthophloea
Summary 4
Acacia xanthophloea is a tree in the Fabaceae family and is commonly known in English as the Fever Tree (local East African names include Olerai, Kimwea, Murera, and Mwelele). This species of acacia is native to eastern and southern Africa. It can be found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It has also become a landscape tree in other warm climates, outside of its natural range.
Botanical description 5
Bole: Samll/medium. To 25 m. Bark: Yellow/green-yellow. Slash: NR. Leaf: Bipinnate. 3 - 6 (- 8) pairs pinnae. Lflts: Numerous. Petiole: Rachis (2.5 -) 3 - 7 cm. Lamina: Small. 0.3 - 0.7 × 0.1 cm. Domatia: NR. Glands: NR. Stipules: Spinescent. Thorns & Spines: Spines straight up to 7 cm. Flower: White/pink or yellow/golden. Fruit: Pods indehiscent. (3 -) 4 - 13.5 × 0.7 - 1.4 cm. Breaking into segments.
Sources and Credits
- (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=22296&one=T
- (c) 2005 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=172800&one=T
- Selim Zedan Heneidy, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ngorongoro_Acacia_xanthophloea.jpg/460px-Ngorongoro_Acacia_xanthophloea.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_xanthophloea
- Adapted by Patrick Furtado from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/23284746
