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H1-6 Road North of Letaba, Kruger NP, Limpopo, SOUTH AFRICA
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Link Road, Mountain Zebra NP, Eastern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA
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Link Road, Mountain Zebra NP, Eastern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA
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Family; MimosaceaDistribution: Common in hilly areas of dry deciduous forests. Limited to Peninsular India.Photographed at Eastrenghats of Nellore district.Description: 2.5-3.5mts tall small tree with large ivory -white thorns. Leaves 2-3cm long, 4pairs of pinnae,leaf lets 7-8pairs , leaflets 2x1mm,elliptic or obovate, obtuse. Flowers heads on axillary peduncles, peduncles bracteate below the middle,0.6-1cm across, flowers hermaphrodite, with redpurple corolla and yellow stamens,Calyx companulate, petals united, stamens numerous, free, anthers small, ovary sessie, 5-9ovuled. Pod very thin, flat curved in a hook, 5-7 seeded.This species is not recorded in Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana and A.S.rao.
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in Alafia River State Park, Florida
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Family: MimosaceaeThorny shrub or small trees up to 3m tall.Leaves bipinnate, 5-6cm long, pinnae 4-8 pairs, spines short, straight, paired; Flower heads 1cm across, bright yellow, solitary, axillary, peduncle bracteate at apex, flowers fragrant. calyx companulate, petals nited, stamens many, shortly connate at base, pod 5-8cm long, 1 cm wide.one pod per head.often cultivated or run wild in tropics. Photographed at Nellore of India.
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Twee Rivieren, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Brito, Rivas, Nicaragua
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Panam, Panam
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Family: MimosaceaeDistribution: Common in scrub jungles. Found in India and Parts of Africa.Armed shrubs, 2-3 mts tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, bipinnate, leaflets 6-8 pairs; Stipules modified into spines. the thorns are 2-8cm long, sharp , hollow and white. Ants stay in these thorns. Flowers 2-3mm across, white, or creamy yellow, in 2-3cm long axilary fasiculate spikes.Pod reniform, black with 2 orbicular seeds. Wood is used as fuel. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Chihuahua, Mexico
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Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
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Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
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An endemic species from northern Mozambique. These seeds from close to Pemba bay in Cabo Delgado Province.
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Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
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Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique