khor :
Morphology:
Acacia senegal is a deciduous shrub, growing to 15 m tall and usually branched from the ground. Branches fork repeatedly and in mature trees commonly form a rounded, flat-topped crown.The trunk may vary in
diameter up to about 30 cm.
The bark is greyish-white, although in old
trees growing in the open it may be dark, scaly and thin, showing the
bright green cambium layer just below the surface if scratched with a nail.
The slash is mottled red.
Powerful hooked thorns, 3-5 mm long, with
enlarged bases appear at the nodes of the branches, usually in 3s. They
are sharp, with some pointing forwards and others backwards.
Leaves bipinnate, 3-8 pinnae (glands between uppermost and lowermost
pinnae); rachis up to 2.5 cm long; pinnacles are pairs of 8-15, green; 2
stipular spines strongly recurved with a 3rd pseudo-stipular between them.
Flowers yellowish-white and fragrant, in cylindrical, axillary pedunculate
spikes, 5-10 cm long; calyx of each flower has 5 deep lobes, 5 petals and
a mass of short stamens; pistil inconspicuous.
The pods are straight, thin, flat, shortly stipitate and oblong (7.5 x 2 cm),
green and pubescent when young, maturing to shiny bronze, often with
dark patches and bearing prominent veins; seeds 3-6, smooth, flat, rather
small, shiny, dark brown.
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