GRIP

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

GRIP Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.



Taxon:  Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.



Summary
Genus:
Dichrostachys
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
100199
Place of publication:
Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 271. 1834
Verified:
09/12/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt var. africana Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt var. plurijuga Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt var. pubescens Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt var. setulosa (Welw. ex Oliv.) Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt var. tanganyikensis Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. argillicola Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. burmana Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. cinerea (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. forbesii (Benth.) Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. keniensis Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. malesiana Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. nyassana (Taub.) Brenan (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. platycarpa (Welw. ex W. Bull) Brenan & Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. var. cinerea (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cailliea dichrostachys Guill. & Perr.
Cailliea nutans (Pers.) Skeels
Mimosa glomerata Forssk.
Mimosa nutans Pers.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
marabou-thorn –
sicklebush –
Spanish (Cuba)
marabu –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province (n.), KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory]
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Economic Uses
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100199. Accessed 14 May 2025.