Taxon: Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana var. africana (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana var. plurijuga (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana var. pubescens (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana var. setulosa (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana var. tanganyikensis (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. argillicola (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. burmana (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. cinerea (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. forbesii (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. keniensis (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. malesiana (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. nyassana (no accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. platycarpa (no accessions)

Common names:

• marabou-thorn   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr )
  
• marabu   (Source: State Noxweed Seed )
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide State Noxweed Seed)
  

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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Cape Verde
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Cameroon; Gabon; Rwanda; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Benin; Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa - Cape Province [n.], Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Oman; Saudi Arabia; Yemen
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Myanmar
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java, Lesser Sunda Islands
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Northern Territory

References:

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1961–. Flore du Gabon. (F Gabon)
• Bentham, G. 1863–1878. Flora australiensis. (F AustBenth)
• Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. (L Mali)
• Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. (F Togo)
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. (F SAfr)
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. (L Oman)
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt) [introd.].
• Lebrun, J.-P. et al. 1972. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional. (L SChad)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. (Leg WAsia)
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. (F TamilC)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand. (F Thailand) [mentions].
• Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. (Leg Ethiop)
• Troupin, G. 1978–. Flore du Rwanda. (F Rwanda)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. (F Yemen)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Dichrostachys cinerea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Dichrostachys cinerea. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cailliea dichrostachys Guill. et al.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cailliea nutans (Pers.) Skeels
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• Dichrostachys cinerea var. hirtipes Brenan & Brummitt [= Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. argillicola]
  
• Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. lugardae (N. E. Br.) Brenan & Brummitt [= Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana]
  
• Dichrostachys cinerea var. lugardiae Brenan & Brummitt [= Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana var. africana]
  
• Dichrostachys forbesii Benth. [≡ Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. forbesii]
  
• Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.) Chiov. [= Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. cinerea]
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• Dichrostachys nutans (Pers.) Benth. [= Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. cinerea]
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• Dichrostachys nutans var. setulosa Welw. ex Oliv. [≡ Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana var. setulosa]
  
• Dichrostachys nyassana Taub. [≡ Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. nyassana]
  
• Dichrostachys platycarpa Welw. ex W. Bull [≡ Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. platycarpa]
  
• Mimosa cinerea L. [≡ Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. cinerea]
  
• (=) Mimosa glomerata Forssk.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Mimosa nutans Pers.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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