Herbarium JCB

Acacia horrida (L.) Willd.

Family : MIMOSACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Mimosoideae
Basionym : Mimosa horrida L.
Synonym(s) : Acacia latronum (L.f.) Willd.; Mimosa latronum (L.f.) Willd.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Acacia horrida (L.) Willd.
Common name : Robber-thorn tree
Vernacular name : Anegobli (Kannada); Seethaimul, Kaarodai, Odasithai, Anaimullu (Tamil); Pakitumma, Akitumma, Kasturi (Telugu)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles
Comments / notes : Foothills of forests. Tree with Umbrella like crown
Key identification features : Armed tree with prominent spines, white large in pairs, often hallow, tenanted by Ants. Bark reddish brown, flowers in spikes. Pods flat curved.
Flower, Fruit : July-May
Collection Nos : KFP 4208, KFP 5936
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district, Guntur district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district, Namakkal district, Villipuram district
Native : Tropical Africa, India, Myanmar
World Distribution : Tropical Africa, India, Myanmar. Introduced in South America
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acacia horrida. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.