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Acacia giraffaeCamel thornTree up to 15 m high with dark-grey bark and straight leaves 5-6 cm long with white thorn at their base. Flower heads golden yellow, spherical. Pods almost straight or crescent-shaped, 10 cm long and 5 cm broad, covered by a grey feltlike indumentum. Occurs on savannahs and along river beds. Fallen pods readily eaten by game and stock. Cases of stock poisoning frequently recorded; picked green pods suspected cause of poisoning. |
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32.9 |
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0.11 |
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35.7 |
3.7 |
1.9 |
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49.7 |
58.9 |
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28.9 |
79.7 |
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References489, 490, 499 Abstracts |
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