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Acacia s.l. (pronounced / ə ˈ k eɪ ʃ ə / or / ə ˈ k eɪ s i ə /), known commonly as mimosa, acacia, thorntree or wattle, [2] is a polyphyletic genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. It was described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773 based on the African species Acacia nilotica.
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin, belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. Other genera formerly included under Acacia , and still sometimes referred to by that name (or as Acacia sensu lato , include:
Acacia sensu lato, polyphyletic genus of plants commonly known as wattle, especially in Australian English Acacia. Black wattle, common name for several species of acacia; Golden wattle, Acacia pycnantha, species of acacia which is the official floral emblem of Australia
The French botanist, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784-1856) described the taxa Acacia megaladena in 1814 in the Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts (Paris). [9] That remained the species name until Acacia was demonstrated to be polyphyletic and the genus Senegalia was accepted.
Manaul – In some Tagalog accounts, Manaul pecked the bamboo from which the first humans sprang. In other accounts, the bird was Amihan, deity of peace. [ 71 ] In Bisaya mythology, a different bird with the same name was the horrible king of the birds who fought the wind deity Tubluck Laui.
Senegalia senegal (also known as Acacia senegal) is a small thorny deciduous tree from the genus Senegalia, which is known by several common names, including gum acacia, gum arabic tree, Sudan gum and Sudan gum arabic. In parts of India, it is known as kher, khor, or kumatiya.
Budots is a Bisaya slang word for slacker (Tagalog: tambay). [1] An undergraduate thesis published in University of the Philippines Mindanao suggests the slang originated from the Bisaya word burot meaning "to inflate," a euphemism to the glue-sniffing juvenile delinquents called "rugby boys."
Grace Nono is a Filipino singer, known for her musical style based on traditional Filipino rhythms. [1] She is also an ethnomusicologist , scholar of Philippine shamanism, and cultural worker. [ 2 ]