Parkinsonia aculeata L.
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Filed As
Caesalpiniaceae
Parkinsonia aculeata L. -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 04800006
Occurrence ID: 6817f8bc-9b48-4f50-a053-df3b02e6065f
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Fabales
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Family
Fabaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[Africa]
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Distribution
FLORA OF MADAGASCAR Parkinsonia aculeata L. SW Madagascar, Toliara (Tulear) Province, c. 5 km north of Toliara, on the road to Morombe, just south of the Fiherenana River. Map Ref.: 23°19’S 43°39'E Roadside shrub in heavily grazed area of grassland with occasional trees, shrubs and sizal (also MSI, Acacia nilotica). Sandy red soil. Common. Alt. 30 m Shrub c. 4 m tall. Bark on large branches still green. Leaves from very spiny short side shoots, very long, coriaceous, deep green, slightly paler beneath, with a broad, flattened rachis and numerous small leaflets. Racemes also from short shoots, multi- flowered. Flowers 22-27 mm in diameter, bright yellow, honey-scented, the upper petal longer-clawed and speckled with red at the base and fading copper-red. All petals crumpled. Stamens 10, yellowish with pale brown anthers; filaments hairy. Pods subcylindrical, flattened more strongly and constricted between the seeds, rather wrinkled, straw-coloured. Seeds c. 8 mm long (rattling in the pods), olive green with brown blotching, narrow. VERNACULAR NAME: "Tainoro”, Asambi". LOCAL USES: Young seed pods eaten by children - not cultivated as sufficient wild shrubs. Sweet taste. D.J. & B.P. Du Puy, P. Ravonjiarisoa & P. Phillipson 19.1.89 M80 EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW. 04800006
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Parkinsonia aculeata L.