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Vachellia oerfota

Synonyms: Acacia oerfota (homotypic); Mimosa oerfota (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Vachellia oerfota is a perennial shrub or tree which is native to Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Among other things, it is used in making beverages. It grows 1–5m high.
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Infraspecies

Vachellia oerfota var. brevifolia
Vachellia oerfota var. oerfota

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Dorcatragus megalotis (beira)[3]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Observations on the behaviour and ecology of a threatened and poorly known dwarf antelope: the beira (Dorcatragus megalotis), Nina Giotto & Alain Laurent & Nabil Mohamed & Nicolas Prevot & Jean-François Gerard, Eur J Wildl Res (2008) 54:539–547
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0