Acacia senegal (L.) Willd.
var. rostrata Brenan

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Mapungubwe Park, Limpopo Valley, S Africa.

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Synonyms:	Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton var. rostrata (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Common names:	Bushy three-thorn acacia (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Low spreading, flat-topped shrub, usually less than 4 m tall. Hooked prickles in threes at the nodes; lateral prickles pointing down, the middle one pointing upwards. Leaves c. 5 × 3 cm with 4-6 pairs of pinnae, bearing pale green leaflets. Flowers in axillary spikes, white. Pod short and broad, up to c. 7 × 3 cm with a conspicuous tip at the apex, flat, papery, straw-coloured, dehiscent.
Notes:	Distinguished from var. leiorhachis by the general appearance, the shape of the pods, the different habitat and the much later flowering time.
Derivation of specific name:	senegal: of Senegal, where the type was collected; rostrata: beaked, referring to the apical tip in the fruit.
Habitat:	Exclusively on alluvial calcareous soils in the Shashe, Limpopo and Lower Save Valleys.
Flowering time:	Nov - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal.
Botswana distribution:	N,SE
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Literature:	Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 79 - 80. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 200. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 214. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 241. 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 60. Timberlake, J., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe CBC Publishing, Harare Pages 120 - 121. (Includes a picture).

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