Acacia polyacantha Willd.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
  • Subfamily : Mimosoideae
  • Species : Acacia polyacantha
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Acacia polyacantha Willd.
  • Common name : White Cutch
  • Vernacular name : Kadarah (San.); Swetakhair (Hin.); Muguli (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 2211, KFP 7204, KFP 10862, KFP 10327
  • Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath & B.R.Ramesh; K.P.Sreenath & S.R.Ramesh; K.P.Sreenath & B.Gurudev Singh
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments : Bark used for tanning. Yeilds 'cutch' from heartwood.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Collection Locality : Tumkur-Nittur road (Tumkur); Dandeli (Uttara Kannada); Kutta (Kodagu)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Chitradurga, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore

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  • Siddarth Machado 2017-04-13 11:17:36

    Herbarium specimen 10862 does not seem to be correct since the key for the species suggests it must have elongated spikes and not globose head inflorescences.
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