- 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 dulcis Roxb.
- Synonym(s) : Inga dulcis (Roxb.) Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.
- Common name : Manila Tamarind, Sweet Tamarind, Blackbead, Madras thorn, Monkeypod, Guamuchil, Guayamochil
- Vernacular name :
- Vilayati Babul, Vilayati imli, Jangle-jalebi (Hindi)
- Seeme hunase, Parmunche kaayi mara (Kannada)
- Karapilly, Kodukkapuli Kodukkaaipuli (Tamil)
- Simachinta (Telugu)
- Simakoina (Oria)
- Vilayati chinch (Marathi)
- Kodakapuli, Korukkapuli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, also planted in gardens
- Comments / notes : Introduced in plains to 1400m. Cultivated in tropics, sometime self sown.
- Key identification features : A thorny tree; flowers in globose heads; pod coilled; aril of seed edible.
- Flower, Fruit : December-July
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, West Godavari district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Kandhamal district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tirunelveli district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- Native : Tropical America
- World Distribution : Cultivated Tropics of the World
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pithecellobium dulce. Downloaded on 28 June 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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