• Family : MIMOSACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Mimosoideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Acacia lenticularis Benth.
• Vernacular name : Kolsa kanta (Hindi); Ghar-khair, Khadar (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Key identification features : Leaves glaucous, flowers greyish-white. Pods thickened sutures and few spines.
• Flower, Fruit : May-December
• Collection Locality : Satkosia, Similipahar, Mayurbhanj District
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district. VAKP, Krishna district
  • Odisha : Khurda district, Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district, Angul district, Kalhandi district, Cuttack district
• World Distribution : India, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
• 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 lenticularis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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