Tree (2,5-)4-40 m; trunk to 1m Ø, slightly buttressed, to 7-12-15 m long in forest; crown flattened; young branchlets densely, rather coarsely and persistently rusty- to fulvous-pubescent; branches dichotomous, fastigiate.
Ecologie :
Wide range of habitats (ecotypes may be recognizable). Edge of evergreen forest; rain-forest; deciduous woodland; wooded grassland; mainly in regrowth forest; humid land; fallow places; sometimes abundant; near sea-level-1680 m alt. Variable plant. S. Africa. Comprises 2 vars. - Var. intermedia (De Wild. & T. Durand) Villiers (syn.: A. oliveri Pellegr.; A. welwitschii Oliv. quoad specim. Mann. Has been confused with A. gummifera. Interbreeding may occur with the latter and with A. intermedia.
Madagascar
Biol./Eco :
Tree; Humid, Subhumid; Grassland, Wooded Grassland, Woodland, Forest, Anthropic; 0-499 m, 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Africa.
Bibliographie2
MARLOTH, H.W.R. (1975). Flora of Southern Africa with Synoptical Tables of the Genera of Higher Plants. - Capetown: 7 — under: Mimosa adianthifolia Schumach.