Muwati
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Muwati wa Madagaska
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Spishi >900, 16 katika Afrika:
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Miwati ni miti ya jenasi Acacia katika familia Fabaceae iliyo na majani yenye sehemu nyingi, lakini vikonyo vya majani vya spishi nyingi vimekuwa vipana na vimebadili majani menyewe. Zamani jenasi hii ilikuwa na spishi takriban 1300 lakini wanasayansi wameigawanya kwenye jenasi tano sasa: Acacia, Vachellia, Senegalia, Acaciella na Mariosousa[1]. Spishi za Acacia zinatofautiana na zile za jenasi Vachellia, Senegalia na Acaciella kwa ukosa wa miiba (ghairi ya muwati kangaruu). Hazina mastipula (majani mawili madogo chini ya jani kuu) kama spishi za Mariosousa.
Kwa asili takriban miti hii yote inatokea Australia lakini imewasilishwa katika mabara mengine. Hata hivyo spishi moja ni ya kienyeji ya Madagaska, spishi nyingine ya Reunion na spishi 12 za Asia.
Spishi ya Afrika (Madagaska na kisiwa cha Reunion)
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- Acacia heterophylla, Muwati wa Madagaska (Mountain Tamarind)
Spishi zilizowasilishwa katika Afrika
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- Acacia auriculiformis, Mkesia Maua-njano (Earpod Wattle)
- Acacia baileyana (Bailey's Wattle)
- Acacia cyclops (Red Eye)
- Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle)
- Acacia decurrens (Green Wattle)
- Acacia elata (Pepper Tree Wattle)
- Acacia implexa (Screw-pod Wattle)
- Acacia longifolia (Long-leaved Wattle)
- Acacia mangium, Mkesia Maua-meupe (Hickory Wattle)
- Acacia mearnsii, Muwati Mweusi (Black Wattle)
- Acacia melanoxylon, Mtasimana (Blackwood)
- Acacia paradoxa, Muwati Kangaruu (Kangaroo Thorn)
- Acacia podalyriifolia (Pearl Acacia)
- Acacia pycnantha (Golden Wattle)
- Acacia saligna (Port Jackson Willow)
Picha
[hariri | hariri chanzo]-
Maua
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Maganda
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Mbegu
Marejeo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- ↑ "The Acacia Debate". Science In Public. 2011. Iliwekwa mnamo 2011-08-03.