Fabaceae FAMILY
Senegalia rovumae
Senegalia rovumae
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
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
Acacia rovumae is a spiny deciduous tree with an open crown; usually growing up to 20 metres tall, occasionally to 30 metres. The bole is up to 130cm in diameter. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of wood and fuel.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar.
HabitatRiverine forest and swamp forest near the coast, often at the inner margin of mangroves; also found in deciduous woodland and scrubland on calcareous soils; usually at lower elevations but occasionally up to 700 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. ].