Species Acacia hereroensis Engl. (Mountain thorn)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Fabales
  • ---- family: Fabaceae
  • ----- species: Acacia hereroensis
Characteristics:5 m tall; paired, hooked thorns; long spikes of cream-coloured flowers; fruit is a long, flat, red-brown pod
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
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References:Burke 2007: 26
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