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Each value Trefle shows for Dichrostachys cinerea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Source not recorded8 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Wight & Arn.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 271 (1834)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1834	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Marabou-thorn	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Africa, Arabian Pen., India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar. Malesia to N. Australia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	310 cm	310 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 584, 699, 873	Sourced
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 130, 445	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	400 cm	400 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 432	Sourced

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn., 1834 16% complete

Marabou-thorn

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