Acacia bussei (Bekele-Tesemma, 2007)

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Bekele-Tesemma, Useful trees and shrubs for Ethiopia, 2007 Acacia bussei (Bekele-Tesemma, 2007)

Acacia decurrens →

Acacia bussei (Fabaceae, indigenous)

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Common names

• Amargna: Girar
• Oromugna: Hallo
• Somaligna: Galo, Galool
• Tigrigna: Gumero

Ecology

Found in deciduous bushland and dry scrub of the Dry and Moist Bereha, Kolla and Weyna Dega agroclimatic zones of Bale, Sidamo and Harerge regions, 300- 1800 m. Occasionally found in Bereha zones also. Uses Firewood, charcoal, tannin (bark).

Description

Usually a small tree 3–10 m high, often branching from the base or from a trunk and with a flat top.

• BARK: Rough brownblack; young branches grey-purple, sometimes hairy.
• THORNS: Grey, straight to 9 cm. Some are paler, white and swollen, others with a narrow stalk below the swelling.
• LEAVES: Compound, 2–8 pairs of pinnae on a short stalk, leaflets tiny.
• FLOWERS: Cream, on spikes to 5 cm.
• FRUIT: Pods, brown and straight, short and oblong, about 6 cm, split open to set free very small flat seeds.

Propagation

Seedlings.

Seed

• Treatment: Soak the seeds in cold water overnight.
• Storage: Stores well.

Management

Coppicing, pruning.

Remarks

A low altitude dryland tree