Distribution Map

Senegalia burkei

                   
                   

Black Monkey Thorn
sikhayane
umbambampala
umgamba
umkhaya
(Acacia burkei)

Fabaceae Mimosoideae  

As at April 2024, 26 herbarium specimens, 11 photo records, 74 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Acacia burkei - Large spreading tree with rigid branches. Leaves and young stems more or less closely downy. Stipular thorns stout, hooked, formidable. Leaves sometimes up to 12 cm long (usually less) with up to eight pairs of pinnae; leaflets up to 12 pairs, relatively large, up to 1 cm long x 4 mm wide. Inflorescences elongated in small lateral groups or singly, up to 12 cm long X 2 cm wide. Flowers white. Fruits oblong, straight, flat, up to 10 cm long x 1,5 cm wide.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.