Acacia mellifera (M.Vahl) Benth.

 
  • 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 mellifera M.Vahl
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Senegalia mellifera (Vahl) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Grown
  • Comments / notes : Grown for fuel wood
  • Flower, Fruit : March-June
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Palakkad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Theni district, Tiruvannamalai district
  • Native : Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acacia mellifera. Downloaded on 8 February 2025.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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