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Acacia pentagona
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Slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
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Slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
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Slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Moribane Forest
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Moribane Forest
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Magorogodo hills, Zomba Community
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Ndzou camp area, Moribane Forest
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| Synonyms: |
Acacia pentaptera Welw. Acacia silvicola Gilbert & Boutique Mimosa pentagona Schumach. Senegalia pentagona (Schumach.) Kyal. & Boatwr. |
| Common names: | Forest climbing acacia (English) |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust liana, up to 30 m high. Young branches reddish-brown, often coiling to aid climbing; older stems distinctly 5-angled; hooked prickles scattered along the stems. Leaves up to 25 × 15 cm with 8-15 pairs of pinnae; petiole up 6 cm long. Flowers in spherical heads forming a terminal panicle, white. Pod oblong, hard, indehiscent with a thickened margin, brown. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pentagona: 5-angled |
| Habitat: | In evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: | 450 - 1400 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Sierra Leone to Sudan and South to Angola, eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. Also in Madagascar. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Charaxes zoolina zoolina (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 29 April 2019 |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 84 - 85. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 206. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 2. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 293. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 62. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 54. Timberlake, J., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe CBC Publishing, Harare Pages 98 - 99. (Includes a picture). Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 74. |
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