Fabaceae FAMILY

Senegalia cinerea

Edibility

2/5

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

Senegalia cinerea is a multi-stemmed shrub or a tree with a rounded, spreading crown that droops low to the ground; it can grown from 2 - 10 metres tall. The bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food, medicines and fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - southern Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, S. Africa.

HabitatDrier types of deciduous woodland, with Baikiaea, on coarse sandy soils, sandy river banks, coarse-textured sandy colluvial or alluvial soils on granite and gneiss; also common on Kalahari sand (indicating disturbance or fire); etc[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].