Acacia elatior Seeds, River Acacia Seeds
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Acacia elatior
LOCAL NAMES English (river acacia); Somali (burra,bura); Swahili (mgunga) BOTANIC DESCRIPTION Acacia elatior is a tall, evergreen, riverine tree, 7-40 m tall; crown rounded or flattish; bark brown to almost black, deeply fissured; stipular spines of 2 kinds in pairs at the nodes - shorter, 7 mm, brown, sometimes, curved spines, alternating with longer spines, which may reach 9 cm and are straight, white, with a swollen base; the larger spines are sometimes inflated to about 6 (max. 15) mm across; trunk is large, and young twigs are reddish-brown. Leaves with 5-13 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in (min. 7) 13-25 pairs, 1.2-4 x 0.5-1.4 mm, small and narrow, glabrous or ciliate; petiole 3-10 mm; petiole and rachis glands absent. Flowers in round heads, greenish-white or white to very pale yellow; involucel small, about 1/3 along length of peduncle. Fruits are brown to purplish-brown pods, straight or slightly falcate, narrowly oblong, 3.5-12 x 1.2-1.8 cm, tapering at the tip, papery texture, dehiscent; seeds olive-brown, subcircular, 6-7 mm in diameter, thin, flattened. In Kenya, two subspecies are recogized namely subs. elatior and subs. turkanae The generic name ‘acacia’ comes from the Greek word ‘akis’, meaning a point or a barb. BIOLOGY A. elatior is a hermaphroditic species.
LOCAL NAMES English (river acacia); Somali (burra,bura); Swahili (mgunga) BOTANIC DESCRIPTION Acacia elatior is a tall, evergreen, riverine tree, 7-40 m tall; crown rounded or flattish; bark brown to almost black, deeply fissured; stipular spines of 2 kinds in pairs at the nodes - shorter, 7 mm, brown, sometimes, curved spines, alternating with longer spines, which may reach 9 cm and are straight, white, with a swollen base; the larger spines are sometimes inflated to about 6 (max. 15) mm across; trunk is large, and young twigs are reddish-brown. Leaves with 5-13 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in (min. 7) 13-25 pairs, 1.2-4 x 0.5-1.4 mm, small and narrow, glabrous or ciliate; petiole 3-10 mm; petiole and rachis glands absent. Flowers in round heads, greenish-white or white to very pale yellow; involucel small, about 1/3 along length of peduncle. Fruits are brown to purplish-brown pods, straight or slightly falcate, narrowly oblong, 3.5-12 x 1.2-1.8 cm, tapering at the tip, papery texture, dehiscent; seeds olive-brown, subcircular, 6-7 mm in diameter, thin, flattened. In Kenya, two subspecies are recogized namely subs. elatior and subs. turkanae The generic name ‘acacia’ comes from the Greek word ‘akis’, meaning a point or a barb. BIOLOGY A. elatior is a hermaphroditic species.
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Abies Pindrow
Abroma augusta
Abrus precatorius
Acacia arabica
Acacia auriculaformis
Acacia catechu
Acacia concinna
Acacia dealbata
Acacia farnesiana
Acacia mangium
Acacia mearnsii
Acacia melanoxylon
Acer oblongum
Acer caesium
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Adenanthera pavonina
Adina cordifolia
Aegle marmelos
Aesculus assamica
Aesculus indica
Ailanthus excelsa
Albizia amara
Albizia chinensis
Albizia falcatria
Albizia julibrissin
Albizia lebbeck
Albizia lucida
Albizia procera
Aleurites fordii
Aleurites moluccana
Allamanda cathartica
Alnus nepalensis
Alstonia scholaris
Anacardium occidentale
Andrographis paniculata
Anogeisus latifolia
Anogeisus pendula
Anona squamosa
Anthocephalus cadamba
Antigonon leptopus var alba
Araucaria bidwilli
Areca catechu
Argemone mexicana
Argyreia nervosa
Artabotrys odoratissimus
Artocarpus chaplasha
Artocarpus integrifolia
Asparagus racemosus
Azadirachta indica
B Balanites roxburghii Bambusa arundinacea Barringtonia acutangula Bassia latifolia Bauhinia purpurea Bauhinia retusa Bauhinia tomentosa Bauhinia variegeta Bauhinia vahlii Berberis aristata Betula utilis Bischofia javanica Bixa orellana Bombax ceiba Borassus flabellifer Boswellia serrata Seeds Broussonetia papyrifera Butea monosperma
C Caeselpinia pulcherrima Callistemon vimminalis Camellia Sinensis Canavelia ensiformis Canavelia gladiata Capparis spinosa Carica species Cajanus cajan Carissa carandas Carum roxburghianum Caryota mitis Caryota urens Cassia alata Cassia angustifolia Cassia auriculata Cassia Fistula Cassia floribunda Cassia glauca Cassia grandis Cassia javanica Cassia marginata Cassia nodosa Cassia occidentalis Cassia renigera Cassia siamea Cassia spectabilis Cassia tora Castanea sativa Casuarina equisetifolia Catharanthus roseus Cedrus deodara Ceiba pentandra Celtis australis Centella asiatica Chorisia speciosa Chickrassia tabularis Cinnamomum camphora Clerodendron infortunatum Clitorea ternatea Cocos nucifera Coffea arabica Colvilea racemosa Cordia dichotoma Cordia sebestina Crotalaria juncea Cryptomeria japonica Cupressus torulosa Cycas revoluta Cydonia oblonga
D Dalbergia assamica Dalbergia latifolia Dalbergia sissoo Datura metel Delonix regia Dendrocalamus strictus Derris robusta Dichanthium annulatum Dillenia indica Diospyros melanoxylon Dodonea viscose Dolichos lablab Duranta repens
E Elaeocarpus ganitrus Emblica officinalis Enterolobium contortisiliquium Erythrina indica Eucalyptus citriodora Eucalyptus globulus Eucalyptus robusta Eugenia jambolana
F Ficus benghalensis Ficus religiosa G Glircidia sepium Gmelina arborea Grewia asiatica Gynocardia odorata Grevillea robusta
H Hardwickia binnata Helicteres isora Hibiscus abelmoschus Hibiscus cannabinus Hibiscus mutabilis Holarrhennaantidy sentrica Hyoscyamus niger
I Indigofera tinctoria Ipomea palmate
J Jacaranda mimmosifolia Juglans regia
K Kigelia pinnata Koelreuteria paniculata Kydia calycina
L Lagerstroemia flos-regina Lantana camara Lawsonia alba Leucaena leucocephala Litchi chinensis Livistona chinensis Livistona jenkinsiana
M Magnolia grandiflora Mallotus philippinensis Malus bacatta Mangifera indica Manilkara hexandra Medicago sativa Melia azedarach Mesua ferrea Michelia champaca Milletia ovalifolia Millingtonia hortensis Mimosa pudica Mimusops elengi Mitragyana parvifolia Moringa oleifera Morus alba Mucuan deeringiana Mucuna prurita Mucuna utilis Murraya exotica Murraya koenigii Myristica fragrans
N Nelumbo nucifera Nerium indicum Nigella sativa Nyctanthes arbortristis
O Oroxylum indicum Ougeinia dalbergioides
P Panicum maximum Parkinsonia aculeate Passiflora edulis Peganum harmala Peltophorum africanum Phoenix acualis Phoenix dactylifera Phoenix sylvestris Picea smithiana Pinus gerardiana Pinus khasya Pinus patula Pinus roxburghii Pinus wallichiana Piper nigrum Pithecelobium dulce Platanus orientalis Polyalthia longifolia Pongamia PinnataTop Prosopis cineraria Psidium guajva Pterocarpus dalbergioides Pterocarpus marsupium Pterocarpus santalinus Pterospermum acerfolium Punica granatum Putranjiva roxburghi Pyrus communis
Q Quercus incana Quercus serrata
R Rhododendron arboreum Ricinus communis Rivea corymbosa Robinia pseudoacacia
S Top Salvadora oleoides Samanea saman Santalum album Sapindus mukorossi Sapium sebiferum Saraca indica Semecarpus anacardium Sesbania sesban Shorea robusta Spathodea campaulata Sterculia urens Strychnos nux-vomica Swietenia macrophylla Swietenia mahagony Syzgium cuminii
T Tamarindus indica Taxodium mucronatum Taxus bacatta Tecoma stans Tectona grandis Terminalia arjuna Terminalia alata Top Terminalia bellerica Terminalia chebula Terminalia myriocarpa Thespesia populnea Thevetia nerifolia Thunbergia grandiflora Toona ciliata Trewia nudiflora
W Withania somnifera Wrightia tinctoria Wrightia tomentosa
Z Ziziphus jujuba
B Balanites roxburghii Bambusa arundinacea Barringtonia acutangula Bassia latifolia Bauhinia purpurea Bauhinia retusa Bauhinia tomentosa Bauhinia variegeta Bauhinia vahlii Berberis aristata Betula utilis Bischofia javanica Bixa orellana Bombax ceiba Borassus flabellifer Boswellia serrata Seeds Broussonetia papyrifera Butea monosperma
C Caeselpinia pulcherrima Callistemon vimminalis Camellia Sinensis Canavelia ensiformis Canavelia gladiata Capparis spinosa Carica species Cajanus cajan Carissa carandas Carum roxburghianum Caryota mitis Caryota urens Cassia alata Cassia angustifolia Cassia auriculata Cassia Fistula Cassia floribunda Cassia glauca Cassia grandis Cassia javanica Cassia marginata Cassia nodosa Cassia occidentalis Cassia renigera Cassia siamea Cassia spectabilis Cassia tora Castanea sativa Casuarina equisetifolia Catharanthus roseus Cedrus deodara Ceiba pentandra Celtis australis Centella asiatica Chorisia speciosa Chickrassia tabularis Cinnamomum camphora Clerodendron infortunatum Clitorea ternatea Cocos nucifera Coffea arabica Colvilea racemosa Cordia dichotoma Cordia sebestina Crotalaria juncea Cryptomeria japonica Cupressus torulosa Cycas revoluta Cydonia oblonga
D Dalbergia assamica Dalbergia latifolia Dalbergia sissoo Datura metel Delonix regia Dendrocalamus strictus Derris robusta Dichanthium annulatum Dillenia indica Diospyros melanoxylon Dodonea viscose Dolichos lablab Duranta repens
E Elaeocarpus ganitrus Emblica officinalis Enterolobium contortisiliquium Erythrina indica Eucalyptus citriodora Eucalyptus globulus Eucalyptus robusta Eugenia jambolana
F Ficus benghalensis Ficus religiosa G Glircidia sepium Gmelina arborea Grewia asiatica Gynocardia odorata Grevillea robusta
H Hardwickia binnata Helicteres isora Hibiscus abelmoschus Hibiscus cannabinus Hibiscus mutabilis Holarrhennaantidy sentrica Hyoscyamus niger
I Indigofera tinctoria Ipomea palmate
J Jacaranda mimmosifolia Juglans regia
K Kigelia pinnata Koelreuteria paniculata Kydia calycina
L Lagerstroemia flos-regina Lantana camara Lawsonia alba Leucaena leucocephala Litchi chinensis Livistona chinensis Livistona jenkinsiana
M Magnolia grandiflora Mallotus philippinensis Malus bacatta Mangifera indica Manilkara hexandra Medicago sativa Melia azedarach Mesua ferrea Michelia champaca Milletia ovalifolia Millingtonia hortensis Mimosa pudica Mimusops elengi Mitragyana parvifolia Moringa oleifera Morus alba Mucuan deeringiana Mucuna prurita Mucuna utilis Murraya exotica Murraya koenigii Myristica fragrans
N Nelumbo nucifera Nerium indicum Nigella sativa Nyctanthes arbortristis
O Oroxylum indicum Ougeinia dalbergioides
P Panicum maximum Parkinsonia aculeate Passiflora edulis Peganum harmala Peltophorum africanum Phoenix acualis Phoenix dactylifera Phoenix sylvestris Picea smithiana Pinus gerardiana Pinus khasya Pinus patula Pinus roxburghii Pinus wallichiana Piper nigrum Pithecelobium dulce Platanus orientalis Polyalthia longifolia Pongamia PinnataTop Prosopis cineraria Psidium guajva Pterocarpus dalbergioides Pterocarpus marsupium Pterocarpus santalinus Pterospermum acerfolium Punica granatum Putranjiva roxburghi Pyrus communis
Q Quercus incana Quercus serrata
R Rhododendron arboreum Ricinus communis Rivea corymbosa Robinia pseudoacacia
S Top Salvadora oleoides Samanea saman Santalum album Sapindus mukorossi Sapium sebiferum Saraca indica Semecarpus anacardium Sesbania sesban Shorea robusta Spathodea campaulata Sterculia urens Strychnos nux-vomica Swietenia macrophylla Swietenia mahagony Syzgium cuminii
T Tamarindus indica Taxodium mucronatum Taxus bacatta Tecoma stans Tectona grandis Terminalia arjuna Terminalia alata Top Terminalia bellerica Terminalia chebula Terminalia myriocarpa Thespesia populnea Thevetia nerifolia Thunbergia grandiflora Toona ciliata Trewia nudiflora
W Withania somnifera Wrightia tinctoria Wrightia tomentosa
Z Ziziphus jujuba
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