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Acacia robusta (Brack thorn, Ankle thorn)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Genus: Acacia

Acacia robusta (Brack thorn, Ankle thorn)

Acacia robusta, road from Main Road to Vundu Camp, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Acacia robusta (Brack thorn, Ankle thorn)

Acacia robusta, near the viewing platform, Masuma Dam, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Acacia robusta (Brack thorn, Ankle thorn) Acacia robusta (Brack thorn, Ankle thorn)

Acacia robusta, Staff Camp, Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. [photo Petra Ballings ©, Flora of Mozambique]

Acacia robusta, along EN1 near turn-off to Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Mozambique]

Ecological relationships in southern Africa

See also Ecological relationships of Acacia species in southern Africa.

Herbivores

List of Lepidoptera from Kroon (1999).

Links

References

  • Kroon, D.M. 1999. Lepidoptera of Southern Africa. Host-plants and other Associations. A Catalogue. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, South Africa.