Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia > Acacia xanthophloea| | Acacia xanthophloea (fevertree; Fever Tree) | |
Acacia xanthophloea is a tree in the Fabaceae family and is commonly known in English as the Fever Tree (local East African names include Olerai, Kimwea, Murera, and Mwelele). This species of Acacia is native to eastern and southern Africa. It can be found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It has also become a landscape tree in other warm climates, outside of its natural range. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | High |  | | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | | Structure [2] | Tree |
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Kruger National Park |
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Mpumalanga, South Africa |
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MapsKenya (native); Malawi (native); Mozambique (native); Somalia (native); South Africa (native); Swaziland (native); Tanzania (native); Zimbabwe (native); Species recognized by Rico M.L., 1994, ILDIS World Database of Legumes in  Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 4Sex differences in giraffe feeding ecology: energetic and social constraints, Truman P. Young & Lynne A. Isbell, Ethology 87, 79-89 (1991) ♦ 5Co-existence and niche segregation of three small bovid species in southern Mozambique, Herbert H.T. Prins, Willem F. de Boer, Herman van Oeveren, Augusto Correia, Jorge Mafuca and Han Olff, 2006 East African Wild Life Society, Afr. J. Ecol., 44, 186–198 |
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