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[[File:Map Acacia xanthophloea.gif|thumb|distribution in Africa (wild)]]
[[File:Linedrawing Acacia xanthophloea.gif|thumb|1, tree habit; 2, leaf; 3, part of flowering twig; 4, part of fruiting twig. Redrawn and adapted by Achmad Satiri Nurhaman]]
[[File:Acacia xanthophloea 02 H. Brisse.jpg|thumb|tree habit]]
[[File:Acacia xanthophloea Ecoport 01 W.C. Ciesla.jpg|thumb|grove of fever trees, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. CopyLeft EcoPort]]
[[File:Acacia xanthophloea Ecoport 01 R.P. Ellis.jpg|thumb|bark ; CopyLeft EcoPort]][[File:Acacia xanthophloea Ecoport 01 R. Botha.jpg|thumb|stipular spines ; CopyLeft EcoPort]][[File:Acacia xanthophloea Ecoport 02 R.P. Ellis.jpg|thumb|branch with inflorescences ; CopyLeft EcoPort]][[File:Acacia xanthophloea Ecoport 03 R.P. Ellis.jpg|thumb|branch with inflorescences ; CopyLeft EcoPort]]
<big>''[[Acacia xanthophloea]]'' Benth.</big>
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== Vernacular names ==
*Fever tree, sulphur bark, African thorn acacia (En). *Arbre à fièvre (Fr). *Árvore da febre, camba (Po). *Mgunga, mukonge (Sw).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
Wood-anatomical description (IAWA hardwood codes):
*Growth rings: 2: growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. *Vessels: 5: wood diffuse-porous; 13: simple perforation plates; 22: intervessel pits alternate; (23: shape of alternate pits polygonal); 25: intervessel pits small (4–7 µm); 26: intervessel pits medium (7–10 µm); 29: vestured pits; 30: vessel-ray pits with distinct borders; similar to intervessel pits in size and shape throughout the ray cell; 42: mean tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100–200 µm; 47: 5–20 vessels per square millimetre. *Tracheids and fibres: 61: fibres with simple to minutely bordered pits; 66: non-septate fibres present; 70: fibres very thick-walled. *Axial parenchyma: 78: axial parenchyma scanty paratracheal; 79: axial parenchyma vasicentric; (80: axial parenchyma aliform); (81: axial parenchyma lozenge-aliform); 83: axial parenchyma confluent; 90: fusiform parenchyma cells; 91: two cells per parenchyma strand. *Rays: 98: larger rays commonly 4- to 10-seriate; 104: all ray cells procumbent; 115: 4–12 rays per mm. *Mineral inclusions: 136: prismatic crystals present; 142: prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells; (156: crystals in enlarged cells).
{{right|(M. Thiam, P. Détienne & E.A. Wheeler)}}
== Growth and development ==
== Author(s) ==
* R.H.M.J. Lemmens , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2006. '''Acacia xanthophloea''' Benth. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
