Vachellia drepanolobium, more commonly known as Acacia drepanolobium or whistling thorn, is a swollen-thorn acacia native to East Africa. The whistling thorn grows up to 6 meters tall. It produces a pair of straight spines at each node, some of which have large bulbous bases. These swollen spines are naturally hollow and occupied by any one of several symbiotic ant species. The common name of the plant is derived from the observation that when wind blows over bulbous spines in which ants have made entry and exit holes, they produce a whistling noise.
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| - Acacia drepanolobium (es)
- Vachellia drepanolobium (fr)
- アカキア・ドレパノロビウム (ja)
- Acacia drepanolobium (pt)
- Акация серполопастная (ru)
- Acacia drepanolobium (sv)
- Vachellia drepanolobium (en)
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| - Acacia drepanolobium es una especie de acacia perteneciente a la familia de las fabáceas. Es nativa de África oriental. (es)
- Vachellia drepanolobium (syn. Acacia drepanolobium) est une espèce d’arbres de la famille des Fabaceae qui croit dans la savane africaine, dans l’Est du continent. C’est un arbre de petite taille (jusqu’à 6 m) et il a été beaucoup étudié pour ses défenses contre l’herbivorie. (fr)
- アカキア・ドレパノロビウム（学名: Vachellia drepanolobium）とはマメ科（クロンキスト体系ではネムノキ科）の樹木の一種である。ケニア、タンザニアなどアフリカに分布する（参照: ）。 1908年に Acacia drepanolobium として記載されて以来この学名で知られていたが、近年一部の専門家によりアカシア属のうちオーストラリア産のもののみをアカシア属、それ以外のものを他属とする動きがあり、本種は2008年になってに移された。 本種の特徴はアリが棲んで共生する虫こぶのようなものをいくつも持っていることであり、他の伝統的にアカシア属とされてきた木本と同様に刺も有する（参照: ）。共生するアリは本種を好んで食べるキリンなどが1株ばかりに集中することを抑制する役割を持つ（参照: ）。なお、この「虫こぶ」はヒトが食べることも可能である（参照: ）。 フルートアカシアという和名をあてた資料が存在する。また、アリ植物の一つとして紹介され、和名としてアリアカシアがあてられている例も存在するが、これは別種 Vachellia sphaerocephala にも用いられている（参照: ）。 (ja)
- A Acacia drepanolobium é uma espécie africana de acacia. (pt)
- Акация серполопастная (лат. Acacia drepanolobium) — вид растений рода Акация (Acacia), семейства Бобовые (Fabaceae). (ru)
- Acacia drepanolobium är en ärtväxtart som beskrevs av Sjöstedt. Acacia drepanolobium ingår i släktet akacior, och familjen ärtväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
- Vachellia drepanolobium, more commonly known as Acacia drepanolobium or whistling thorn, is a swollen-thorn acacia native to East Africa. The whistling thorn grows up to 6 meters tall. It produces a pair of straight spines at each node, some of which have large bulbous bases. These swollen spines are naturally hollow and occupied by any one of several symbiotic ant species. The common name of the plant is derived from the observation that when wind blows over bulbous spines in which ants have made entry and exit holes, they produce a whistling noise. (en)
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| - Acacia drepanolobium es una especie de acacia perteneciente a la familia de las fabáceas. Es nativa de África oriental. (es)
- Vachellia drepanolobium (syn. Acacia drepanolobium) est une espèce d’arbres de la famille des Fabaceae qui croit dans la savane africaine, dans l’Est du continent. C’est un arbre de petite taille (jusqu’à 6 m) et il a été beaucoup étudié pour ses défenses contre l’herbivorie. (fr)
- Vachellia drepanolobium, more commonly known as Acacia drepanolobium or whistling thorn, is a swollen-thorn acacia native to East Africa. The whistling thorn grows up to 6 meters tall. It produces a pair of straight spines at each node, some of which have large bulbous bases. These swollen spines are naturally hollow and occupied by any one of several symbiotic ant species. The common name of the plant is derived from the observation that when wind blows over bulbous spines in which ants have made entry and exit holes, they produce a whistling noise. Whistling thorn is the dominant tree in some areas of upland East Africa, sometimes forming a nearly monoculture woodland, especially on "black cotton" soils of impeded drainage with high clay content. It is browsed upon by giraffes and other large herbivores. It is apparently fire-adapted, coppicing readily after "top kill" by fire. Whistling thorn is used as fencing, tool handles, and other implements. The wood of the whistling thorn, although usually small in diameter, is hard and resistant to termites. The branches can also be used for kindling, and its gum is sometimes collected and used as glue. The ability to coppice after cutting make it a possibly sustainable source for fuel wood and charcoal. Conversely, whistling thorn also has been considered a weed of rangelands, and a bush encroachment species. (en)
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