Acacia karroo - Revision history

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‎General Plant Info

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== General Plant Info ==

''''''Family:'''''' Leguminosae (= Fabaceae)

''''''Sub-family:'''''' ''Mimosoideae''

''''''Genus:'''''' ''Acacia'' Mill.

''''''Species:'''''' ''Acacia Karroo''

''''''Common names:'''''' Sweet thorn ''(English)''; Soetdooring ''(Afrikaans)''; muBayamhondoro ''(Shona)''; Butema ''(Kalanga)''; Gaba ''(Kalanga)''; Mimosa thorn ''(English)''; Mooka ''(Tswana)''; Mookana (bush) ''(Tswana)''; isiNga ''(Ndebele)''; Orusu ''(Herero)''; muUnga ''(Shona)''; umuNga ''(Zulu)''

== Geographic distribution ==

'''Distribution:'''
Acacia karroo is geographically the most wide spread species in southern Africa. The species is present in every country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)except for Tanzania where it is replaced by the taxonomically similar ''Acacia seyal'' (Barnes et al. 1996)

[[https://wiki.dmt-nexus.me/w/images/0/09/Acacia_karroo.jpg]]

'''Habitat:'''
A highly tolerant species as illustrated by the broad geographic distribution. Grows adequately in most soil types and out of all the South African Acacia species it is the most tolerant to low temperatures (Smit 1999)

== Identification ==

'''Bark:'''
Bark exhibits a colour range varying from dark brown to almost black. The texture is rough and flaky, with a reddish under-bark sometimes visible (van Wyk et al. 2013. Bark is longitudinally fissured with smaller branches (<50mm) having a pale-grey to rust-reddish colour variation (Barnes et al. 1996)

'''Spines:'''
Young spines are mostly hairless. Older spines are also hairless and are white to greyish-white in colour, occasionally with small dark coloured spots (Smit 1999)

'''Flowers:'''
Flowers are deep or golden yellow pom-pom like (van Wyk et al. 2013).
[[https://wiki.dmt-nexus.me/w/images/9/91/Acacia_karro_flower.jpg]]

'''Seed pods:'''

== Alkaloid content ==

== Extraction ==

== Other uses ==

== Cultivation ==

== Suppliers ==

== Links ==

== References ==

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 == Other uses ==
-In Zimbabwe, roots are used for general body pains, and as aphrodisiacs.
+Acacia karroo Hayne [mubayamhondoro, muunga (Sh)] Root infusions are taken for convulsions and dizziness in Zimbabwe (Gelfand et al., 1985).
 Bark decoctions are taken as emetics for ailments believed to be caused by sorcery.

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		+	In Zimbabwe, roots are used for general body pains, and as aphrodisiacs.
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		+	Bark decoctions are taken as emetics for ailments believed to be caused by sorcery.

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 == General Plant Info ==
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 '''Distribution:'''
-Acacia karroo is geographically the most wide spread species in southern Africa. The species is present in every country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)except for Tanzania where it is replaced by the taxonomically similar ''Acacia seyal'' (Barnes et al. 1996)
+Acacia karroo is geographically the most wide spread species in southern Africa. The species is present in every country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)except for Tanzania where it is replaced by the taxonomically similar ''Acacia seyal''<ref name="barnes">(Barnes et al. 1996)</ref>
 '''Habitat:'''
-A highly tolerant species as illustrated by the broad geographic distribution. Grows adequately in most soil types and out of all the South African Acacia species it is the most tolerant to low temperatures (Smit 1999)
+A highly tolerant species as illustrated by the broad geographic distribution. Grows adequately in most soil types and out of all the South African Acacia species it is the most tolerant to low temperatures <ref name="smit">(Smit 1999)</ref>
 == Identification ==
 '''Bark:'''
-Bark exhibits a colour range varying from dark brown to almost black. The texture is rough and flaky, with a reddish under-bark sometimes visible (van Wyk et al. 2013. Bark is longitudinally fissured with smaller branches (<50mm) having a pale-grey to rust-reddish colour variation (Barnes et al. 1996)
+Bark exhibits a colour range varying from dark brown to almost black. The texture is rough and flaky, with a reddish under-bark sometimes visible.<ref name="wit">(van Wyk et al. 2013</ref> Bark is longitudinally fissured with smaller branches (<50mm) having a pale-grey to rust-reddish colour variation<ref name="barnes" />
 '''Spines:'''
-Young spines are mostly hairless. Older spines are also hairless and are white to greyish-white in colour, occasionally with small dark coloured spots (Smit 1999)
+Young spines are mostly hairless. Older spines are also hairless and are white to greyish-white in colour, occasionally with small dark coloured spots<ref name="smit" />
 '''Flowers:'''
-Flowers are  deep or golden yellow pom-pom like (van Wyk et al. 2013).
+Flowers are  deep or golden yellow pom-pom like<ref name="wit"/>
-[[https://wiki.dmt-nexus.me/w/images/9/91/Acacia_karro_flower.jpg]]
 '''Seed pods:'''
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 == References ==

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 == General Plant Info ==
-''''''Family:'''''' Leguminosae (= Fabaceae)
+'''Family:''' Leguminosae (= Fabaceae)
-''''''Sub-family:'''''' ''Mimosoideae''
+'''Sub-family:''' ''Mimosoideae''
-''''''Genus:'''''' ''Acacia'' Mill.
+'''Genus:''' ''Acacia'' Mill.
-''''''Species:'''''' ''Acacia Karroo''
+'''Species:''' ''Acacia Karroo''
-''''''Common names:'''''' Sweet thorn ''(English)''; Soetdooring ''(Afrikaans)''; muBayamhondoro ''(Shona)''; Butema ''(Kalanga)''; Gaba ''(Kalanga)''; Mimosa thorn ''(English)''; Mooka ''(Tswana)''; Mookana (bush) ''(Tswana)''; isiNga ''(Ndebele)''; Orusu ''(Herero)'';  muUnga ''(Shona)''; umuNga ''(Zulu)''
+'''Common names:''' Sweet thorn ''(English)''; Soetdooring ''(Afrikaans)''; muBayamhondoro ''(Shona)''; Butema ''(Kalanga)''; Gaba ''(Kalanga)''; Mimosa thorn ''(English)''; Mooka ''(Tswana)''; Mookana (bush) ''(Tswana)''; isiNga ''(Ndebele)''; Orusu ''(Herero)'';  muUnga ''(Shona)''; umuNga ''(Zulu)''
 == Geographic distribution ==