• 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 decurrens Wendl.
• Synonym(s) : Racosperma decurrens (Willd.) Pedley
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Acacia decurrens Willd.
• Common name : Silver Wattle, Black Wattle
• Vernacular name : Chavukku, Semaivelampattai (Tamil)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Planted
• Comments / notes : Tree with angled bracteoles. Pods consisting between Seeds
• Key identification features : Branchelets angled; foliage glabrous
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Odisha : Parlak mundi (Gajapati district)
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• Native : Australia
• World Distribution : Introduced in Tropics
• 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Rao & Razi, 1981 – Mysore
• 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 decurrens. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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