Details of record no: 80755
Acacia pilispina Pic. Serm.
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Record details:
| Date:
| Jul 1996 |
| Recorder(s): | G Renehan
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| Collector(s): | G Renehan
7 |
| Determiner(s): | G Renehan
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| Confirmer(s): | |
| Herbarium: | |
| Habitat:
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| Location:
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Chingola; Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage and Chimpanzee Sanctuary, ca. 57 km NW of Chingola along Kafue River. UTM Coordinates: 557812.985, 8633679.801. |
| Location code(s):
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150 |
| Outing code:
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| Planted code: |
Not planted |
| Country:
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Zambia |
| Quarter Degree Square:
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1227B3 |
| Grid reference:
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| FZ Division:
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W |
| Altitude (metres):
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0 |
| Notes:
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Acacia tree ranging in height from 2-10 m. Bark powdery yellow, thin and easily scraped off to reveal green underneath with a red inner bark. Spines in pairs 2-3 cm in length on trunk and branches; straight spines and alternate arrangement on branches. Leaves bipinnate alternate compound. Flowers white puff ball ca. 2 cm in diameter on stem (3 cm) on upper branches. Flowering late June-July. Pods not visible. Collected 26 June 1996 along west wall of 7 acre enclosure, 30 m from river. |
| Latitude, Longitude:
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| Location Accuracy Code:
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4 |
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2025).
Flora of Mozambique: Individual record no: 80755: Acacia pilispina. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=80755, retrieved 2 April 2025
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