Acacia robusta subsp. clavigera

Burchell, (E. Meyer) Brenan

Sickle-pod splendid acacia

FabaceaeBark/Sap

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Gum

The gum of this plant is edible.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It can tolerate frost. It grows on alluvial soils. It grows between 15-915 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.

Africa, Angola, Asia, Botswana, Central Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, SE Asia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The pods are flattened.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown from seeds. They germinate easily. They can be put into boiling water and allowed to cool to improve germination. Seedlings germinate in 6-10 days.

Production

It grows quickly.

Notes

There are about 1,350 Acacia species. Over 1,000 occur in Australia. Also as Mimosaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Micaia, Mungua, Narrow-pod robust thorn, N'gololo, Umgamanzi, Umhlabunga

Acacia clavigera E. MeyAcacia clavigera subsp clavigera

References (6)

Grivetti, 1976, 1979,
ILDIS Legumes of the World http:www;ildis.org/Legume/Web
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 127
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 27th April 2011]
Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 101
www.zimbabweflora.co.zw 2011