| Author: |
Homer Collar Skeels, 1909 |
| Family: |
FABACEAE |
| Origin: |
Botswana,
Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,
Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
| Height: |
20-60
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Eland's
Bean, Eland's Wattle, Elephant's Root. |
| Synonyms: |
Acacia
elephantina, Burchell. 1824,
Acacia
elephanthorhiza A. P. de Candolle,
Elephantorrhiza burchellii, Benth.
Prosopis elephantina, E.Mey.
Prosopis elephantorrhiza, Spreng. |
This member of the Fabaceae family was
given this name
by Homer Collar Skeels in 1909. It
is found in the southern part of Africa, growing in a well-drained soil
with lots of water in summer and some sun. The thickened root is said to be
more then eight meters long, although I doubt it. Guess six centimetres
in diameter with annual branches of 20 to 60 centimetres are more
correct although the related/subspecies;
Elephantorrhiza
burkii can grow to six metres.
The genera name means
'elephant root'. The species name means 'elephant-like'.
Seen as Mimosaceae and of cause as Leguminosae.
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