• 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 xylocarpa Roxb.
• Synonym(s) : Xylia dolabriformis sensu Bedd.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub.
• Common name : Burma Iron-wood
• Vernacular name : Suria, Jambu, Tangan (Hindi); Jambe (Kannada); Itul (Tamil); Konda tangedu, Eravalu, Errachenna mangi, Konda chinta, Thangini (Telugu); Kongra, Tangan, Boja, Tangini, Bankhira, Kat sialhi, Dhamoni (Oria); Irul, Irulpool, Irumullu, Kadamaram, Pangal (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Associated with sal forests, moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Frequent in Northern Eastern Ghats
• Flower, Fruit : February-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Malesia, Indo-China, Philippines
• 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; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Xylia xylocarpa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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