Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Fabales > Family Fabaceae > Tribe Acacieae > Genus Acacia

Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AcaciaMill.accepted genus name

Species group names

Mimosa nilotica L. basionym
Mimosa nilotica L. homotypic synonym
Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd. synonym
Acacia scorpioides (L.) W. Wight synonym
Mimosa arabica Lam. synonym
Mimosa scorpioides L. synonym

Children

Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile subsp. nilotica
Acacia nilotica subsp. adstringens (Schumach.) Roberty
Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: Black Piquant; Gum Arabic Tree sources: Howard, R. A. Et al. - Dicotyledoneae Part 1. Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum 1988.;Correll, D. S. & Correll, H. B. - Flora Of The Bahama Archipelago. 1692pp J. Cramer 1982.
 French: Acacia de Cayenne; Cassie a Piquants Blancs sources: Howard, R. A. Et al. - Dicotyledoneae Part 1. Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum 1988.;Polhill, R, M. - Legumineuses. In: Flore Des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser 1990.
 unknown: Casha; Goma Arabica

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 1814.

Genbank

loading

Citation

ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS). Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=FA2CAF2B-9BBB-468A-B630-7161C0045424

Image

loading

Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

no data

Importance

no data

Provided by

logo euromed plantbase

GUID

FA2CAF2B-9BBB-468A-B630-7161C0045424

Last modified

2010-11-09 by ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Your feedback

click here

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License

Your e-mail address:

Your message: