Fabaceae FAMILY

Senegalia galpinii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Especially in times of drought, many Acacia species can concentrate high levels of the toxin Hydrogen cyanide in their foliage, making them dangerous for herbivores to eat.

Botanical Description

Senegalia galpinii is a deciduous tree with a spreading crown that can grow from 8 - 30 metres or more tall. The bole, which is usually straight and branches from quite high up, is up to 60cm in diameter, occasionally to 150cm[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. , 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The branchlets are glabrous to shortly hairy, with pairs of hooked, blackish prickles up to 1cm long just below the nodes[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. Acacia galpinii is cultivated as a timber crop in southern Africa, and is occasionally planted as ornamental or roadside tree.[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. , 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern and eastern Africa - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe.

HabitatRiverine woodland, but it can also be found scattered on termite mounts and in open woodland, at elevations from 350 - 1,500 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].