Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
rehmanniana: named for Anton Rehmann, 1840-1917, Polish botanist and collector
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Acacia rehmanniana Schinz Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=126130
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Small to medium-sized tree up to 8 m tall. Bark conspicuously powdery orange-red, particularly on the branches. Thorns in pairs at the nodes, straight, c. 5 cm long, white, often with a reddish tip. Leaves with 15-44 pairs of pinnae, each with 20-40 pairs of very small leaflets, greyish-green, finely velvety; petiole with a gland just below the bottom pair of pinnae. Flowers in series of axillary spherical heads on the new growth, white, often appearing as terminal inflorescences. Pods flat, straight, up to 18 × 2.3 cm, hairless, dehiscent.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Acacia rehmanniana Schinz Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=126130
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Acacia rehmanniana Schinz Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=126130
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
