Acacia concinna

Acacia concinna

Acacia concinna is a species of the genus Acacia (Acacia ). Its distribution area is in tropical Asia.

• 5.1 Notes and references

Description

Appearance and leaf

Acacia concinna growing spread as climbing or loose growing shrub or small tree. The bark of the branches and the Blattrhachis are hairy gray woolly. The abundant spines are tiny and hook-shaped.

The alternate arranged and 10 to 20 cm long leaves are bipinnate. The 6 to 18 pairs of pinnae first order are 8 to 12 cm long. There are glands near the petiole and one first between the highest order leaflets available. There are 15 to 25 pairs of leaflets ( pinnae 2nd order ) available. The membranous, hairy or rough verkahlenden leaf surfaces are green on the bottom and blue-green on the top. The leaflets are linear -oblong with a length of 8 to 12 mm and a width of 2 to 3 mm. The leaf margin is ciliated. The leaflets have a wrinkled appearance when they have dried. The early falling stipules are monotonous, heart-shaped with a length of 3 to 8 mm and a width of 1.5 to 6 mm.

Inflorescence and flower

The flowering period extends into China from April to June. In total paniculate inflorescences are on woolly hairy inflorescence axes, the spherical part of inflorescences, which have a diameter of 9 to 12 mm. The fragrant flowers are white to yellowish with a double perianth. The five about 2 mm long sepals are fused funnel-shaped. The petals project beyond the sepals something. The stalked ovary is hairy or bald silky.

Fruit and seeds

The brown, fleshy legume is at a length of 8 to 15 cm and a width of 2 to 3 cm belt- shaped with wrinkled surface. The straight or curved constrictions act as if the legume would break into segments. Each legume contains six to ten seeds. The fruits ripen in China from July to December.

Occurrence

Acacia concinna is common in tropical Asia. In China, Acacia concinna thrives in open woods and in thickets at altitudes 200-1100 m in the provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi and Yunnan.

Taxonomy

This species was in 1806 under the name ( basionym ) by Willd. in Species Plantarum. Editio quarta, 4 ( 2 ), pp. 1039 first published. A homonym is Mimosa concinna Benth. published in George Bentham: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 30 ( 3), 1875, pp. 404-405. The name Acacia concinna today accepted in 1825 by DC. published in Prodromus systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, 2, p 464. The same also applies to the basionym kind Acacia sinuata ( Lour. ) Merr ..

Use

Acacia concinna provides tannins and is used in traditional Chinese medicine.

As ethnobotanical use for Acacia concinna detergent, insecticide, fish poison be specified ( Piscizid ), soap, tumor treatment.

From the fruits as a Shikakai ( hindi: शिकाकाई, śikākāī; Saptala in Sanskrit ) is designated traditional ayurvedic shampoo and hair care products made ​​.

Swell

• Delin Wu & Ivan C. Nielsen: Acacia concinna, P. 58, In: Delin Wu & Ivan C. Nielsen: Acacieae, p 55, in: Wu Zhengyi and Peter H. Raven: Flora of China, Volume 10, 2010 Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis: text directly online. (Section Description and occurrence)