Acacia nilotica
gum arabic tree
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Fabales | Fabaceae | Vachellia
External: GBIF #3974744
1 AI-consensus-verified claim across 1 interaction category.
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pest pressure 1 claim
- This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Triticum aestivum (Wheat) · effect: harmful
“wheat yields were reduced by up to 60%”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBuck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492236
Genus-level evidence
3 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Acacia sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Acacia nilotica.
- facilitation · Acacia spp. → Zea mays · effect: beneficial
“fertilized their crops with litter from nearby Acacia forests, as is traditional”
Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O. (1995) · Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture · p. 166 #6492204 - mutualism · Pisolithus albus → Acacia (genus) · effect: beneficial
“associated with the Australasian hosts Eucalyptus and Acacia spp.”
- pest pressure · Acacia spp. → associated agroforestry components · effect: harmful
“eucalypts and acacias use a lot of water”
Gassner A., Dobie P. (eds.); Cornelius J.P., Coe R., Mercado A., Mukuralinda A., Okia C.A., Somarriba E., Thorne P., et al. (2022) · Agroforestry: A Primer. Design and management principles for people and the environment · p. 120 #6495536