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Fig. 10. Distribution of Acacia niloticain southern Africa (Coates Palgrave 1977).
tie; fragrant flowers source of honey. Pods consumed by wildlife, for example,
baboons, rhinos, and antelopes in South Africa.
After introduction as ornamentals and roadside trees in other tropical countries
Acacia nilotica spread, becoming naturalized as undesirable weeds in
thickets.
Natural Distribution Extensive in tropical Africa and Asia from South
Africa north to Egypt and from Arabia to Pakistan and India. Altitude from
near sea level to 500 m.
Introduced widely throughout the tropics and bcoming naturalized, such as
in the West Indies. Large areas of forests established in India and Pakistan.
Planted in Africa along the Blue Nile in the Sudan, in the bushveld of Natal
aisd Transvaal, in Zambia and Botswana.
Climate and Soils Arid tropical with low rainfall. Soils vary from alluvial
subject to seasonal flooding and heavy clays to poor rocky sites. Common,
forming nearly pure forests and thickets; or scattered, such as in dry savanna,
woodland, bushveld, river valley scrub, and scrub.
References
Brznan, J. P. M. 1957. Notes on Mimosoideae: III. Kew Bulletin 1957: 75-96,
illus.
Ca:r, J. D. 1976. The South African acacias.Illus. 323 pp. Conservation Press
(PTY) Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa.
Coates Palgrave, Keith. 1977. Trees of Southern Africa. Illus. C. Struik, Cape
Town Johannesburg, South Africa. 959 pp. (p. 246, map used here).
Little, Elbert L., Jr., Roy 0. Woodbury, and Frank H. Wadsworth. 1974. Trees
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