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Botanical Description

Bole: Medium. To 21 m. Bark: Fissured. Knobbly persistent prickles. White/yellow-grey. Slash: NR. Leaf: Bipinnate. Pinnae (6 -) 13 - 40 (- 60) pairs. Lflts: (15 -) 26 - 64 pairs. Petiole: NR. Lamina: Small. 0.2 - 0.5 (- 0.6) × 0.1 cm. Linear. Cuneate. Acute/obtuse. Entire. Glabrous/hairy on margins. Domatia: NR. Glands: Petiole and rachis glandular. Stipules: Not spinescent. Thorns & Spines: Prickles hooked in pairs below the each node /sometimes absent. Flower: Cream/white. Spikes. Fruit: Pods brown. Dehiscent. 7 - 18 × 1 - 2.1 cm.

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