- 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 horrida L.
- Synonym(s) : Acacia latronum (L.f.) Willd.; Mimosa latronum (L.f.) Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vachellia horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
- Common name : Robber-thorn tree
- Vernacular name :
- Anegobli (Kannada)
- Seethaimul, Kaarodai, Odasithai, Anaimullu (Tamil)
- Pakitumma, Akitumma, Kasturi (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles
- Comments / notes : Foothills of forests. Tree with Umbrella like crown
- Key identification features : Armed tree with prominent spines, white large in pairs, often hallow, tenanted by Ants. Bark reddish brown, flowers in spikes. Pods flat curved.
- Flower, Fruit : July-May
- Collection Nos : KFP 4208, KFP 5936
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district, Guntur district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district, Namakkal district, Villipuram district
- Native : Djibouti, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Djibouti, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- 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=Acacia horrida. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.
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