EPPO Global Database

Dichrostachys cinerea(DIRCI)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-12

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DIRCI
  • Preferred name: Dichrostachys cinerea
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Wight & Arnott

Notes

Western Asia (Yemen, Arabia), India, Sri Lanka, Indochina (Myanmar), Malesia (Sumatra, Java), Africa (throughout), Australia. Introduced in Madagascar, USA (southeast), Caribbean

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cailliea glomerata (Forsskål) Chiovenda
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. cinerea (Linnaeus) Wight & Arnott
Dichrostachys glomerata (Forsskål) Chiovenda
Dichrostachys nutans (Persoon) Bentham
Dichrostachys platycarpa Oliver
Mimosa cinerea Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
aroma English
Chinese lantern tree English
marabu English
acacia de Saint-Domingue French
mimosa clochette French
marabu Spanish
sekelbos Afrikaans