Vachellia

Vachellia oerfota (Forssk.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 515 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to NE. & E. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula to S. Iran. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods straight or sometimes slightly curved, 4–15 x 0.9–2.2 cm, with a narrow wing-like margin 1–3.5 mm wide, straw-coloured, shortly pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds globose or ellipsoid, 4.5–6.5 x 3.5–6 mm, shallowly and closely wrinkled; areole 4–5 x 3–3.5 mm.
Distribution
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3
Ecology
Altitude range 10–1350 m.
Vernacular
Gumar(Somali)
Note
For comments on nomenclature, see Wood in Kew Bull. 37: 451 (1983).
Morphology General Habit
Shrub 1–5 m high, branching from the base; young branchlets greyish-white to yellowish green, glabrous to spreading pubescent
Morphology General Spines
Stipular spines straight or rarely curved, 0.4–1.7(–2.7) cm long
Morphology Leaves
Pinnae (2–)3–7(–11) pairs; leaflets 5–16 pairs, 2.5–6(–9) x (0.5–)0.75–2.5 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers whitish or greenish, in heads; peduncles 0.5–1.5 cm long, pubescent; involucel below or sometimes about middle of peduncle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1.5–2.5 mm long, pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla up to 3.5 mm long, with the lobes conspicuously pubescent outside
[FSOM]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144295594/149041305

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket, Sahel regional transition zone; bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Domestic, Food and Drink
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0