Senegalia thomasii

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Senegalia thomasii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Senegalia
Species:
S. thomasii
Binomial name
Senegalia thomasii
(Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Senegalia thomasii is a species within the family Fabaceae [1] that grows as a straggling shrub or tree. [2] It is commonly found in Kenya.

Description

The species is a shrub or small tree that grows up to 12 m tall, its branches are elongated and straight or virgately branched, young branches are commonly grayish in color and are densely pubescent. [3] It has prickles in threes that are usually blackish and slightly below the nodes, prickles can be up to 7.5 mm long. [2] Leaves: 1–2 pairs of pinnae, 7–15 leaflets per pinnae, leaf outline is oblong; petiole is up to 2 cm long and rachis is up to 8 cm long. [3] Inflorescence: spikes up to 10 cm long, calyx 3–4, glabrous and up to 5 mm long, corolla 6, about 5–7 mm long and also glabrous. [3] Fruits are brown to yellowish brown pods containing circular to lenticular shaped seeds. [3]

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References

  1. "Senegalia thomasii (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr". worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  2. 1 2 Aketch, Charles A. (1987). A taxonomic study of the acacia pollen grains in Kenya (Thesis thesis). University of Nairobi.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ross, J. H. (1975-11-13). "The Acacia Senegal complex". Bothalia. 11 (4): 453–462. ISSN   2311-9284.