Acacia arenaria Schinz

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Synonyms:	Acacia hermannii Baker f. Vachellia arenaria (Schinz) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Common names:	Sand acacia (English) Sand thorn (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Usually a multi-stemmed shrub up to 3 m tall, rarely a small tree. Thorns in pairs at the nodes, slender, straight, 3-6 cm long. Leaves long and narrow, up to 21 cm long; pinnae 15-35 pairs with 20-30 pairs of closely set small leaflets, greyish-green, finely velvety; petiole with a raised gland at the base. Flowers in series of axillary spherical heads on the new growth, whitish, often appearing as suberect terminal inflorescences. Pods slender, up to 18 × 0.8 cm, curved, hairless, dehiscent.
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Derivation of specific name:	arenaria: of sandy places
Habitat:	In dry woodland and scrub, often abundant as a pioneer species along roadsides.
Flowering time:	Dec - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Angola, northern Botswana, Namibia, western Zimbabwe and also in Central Tanzania
Botswana distribution:	N,SE
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Content last updated:	Friday 23 March 2018
Literature:	Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 106 - 107. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2. Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 132 - 133. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 213. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 240. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 376. (Includes a picture). Mannheimer, C. & Curtis B. (2009). Le Roux and Müller's Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Namibia Macmillan Education, Windhoek, Namibia. Pages 90 - 91. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 44. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 59. Timberlake, J., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe CBC Publishing, Harare Pages 34 - 35. (Includes a picture). Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 209.

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