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Acacia pentagona

Scientific Name: Acacia pentagona

Family: Fabaceae

Category: Dicot

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Acacia pentagona

Acacia pentagona is the accepted scientific name for this species, attributed to (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hook. f.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature:

  • Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
  • Genus: Acacia
  • Synonyms:
    • Acacia pentaptera Welw.
    • Acacia silvicola Gilbert & Boutique
    • Mimosa pentagona Schumach.
    • Senegalia pentagona (Schumach.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Distribution and Habitat:

  • This species is found in Madagascar.
  • It also occurs in the Zaire basin.
  • Specific locations mentioned include:
    • Moribane Forest, Mozambique
    • Chirinda Forest, Zimbabwe
    • Angola, Bengo, Dande, Colhida em Cacundo, Dembos
  • Grows in lowland rain-forest, swamp and riverine forests in deep shade and in forest clearings, and high-rainfall savanna by river banks.

Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits:

  • Often a tall liane, growing up to 20 m.
  • Young branches are sparsely puberulous to glabrous and eglandular, very rarely with inconspicuous sessile glands, red-brown to deep purplish.
  • Leaves are generally compound pinnate.

Ecological Role:

  • One of a few Acacia species occurring in the Zaire basin.
  • Forms part of the climbing Acacias, believed to be the most primitive in the continent.

Interactions with Other Organisms:

  • Galls can be found on this species, caused by insects.

Traditional Uses:

  • In traditional medicine in eastern Tanzania, the bark of Acacia pentagona is macerated and associated with leaves of Eleusine indica as an enema for treating diarrhea.
  • The powder of the trunk is used for rheumatism.

Resources:

  • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
  • The South African National Biodiversity Institute's Checklists.
  • International Plant Names Index.
  • Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.
  • Madagascar Catalogue, 2013. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A. & Antananarivo.
  • World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi.
  • B and T World Seeds' database.
  • Herbarium of the Botanic Garden Meise.
  • Discover Life.