- 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 eburnea L.f.
- Synonym(s) : Acacia campbellii Arn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vachellia eburnea (L.f.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.
- Common name : Black Babool, Indian Cockspur Thorn
- Vernacular name :
- Pahari Kikar, Dev Babool (Hindi)
- Bambolero, Jali, Joli, Pikajali (Kannada)
- Marmat (Marathi)
- Kudai vel, Kutai velam, Udaivel, Chillodai (Tamil)
- Gabbuthumma, Gabbutumma, Jaali, Jali, Peekethumma, Piketumma (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Arid region
- Comments / notes : In plains to scrub jungles.
- Key identification features : Thorny tree, with comparatively large leaves. Stipular thorns large, ivory white, often hallow. Young branches pubescent, stipular spines prominent; gland just below the first pair of pinna. Flower heads in racemes. Pods thin, flat, curved in a hook, glabrous 5 - 10 seeded.
- Flower, Fruit : October-April
- Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar, S.R.Ramesh
- Collection Nos : KFP 5840, KFP 5946
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district
- Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Iran, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Iran, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Saldanha, 1984
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 116
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acacia eburnea. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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