- Family : MIMOSACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Mimosoideae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vachellia nilotica subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
- Common name : Tomentose Babool, black piquant, black babul, gum arabic, Egyptian mimosa, Egyptian thorn, prickly acacia, Nile acacia, scented thorn, scented-pod acacia
- Vernacular name :
- Babool, Kikar (Hindi)
- Gobli mara, Karijaali (Kannada)
- Habit : Tree
- Key identification features : Leaves twice compound; Densely tomentose, White pods; Flowers tiny yellow powder-puffs, occuring in clusters
- Distribution :
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Algeria, Burkina, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Algeria, Burkina, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan
- Literature :
- Plants of the World Online, Flowers of Thar Desert
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acacia nilotica subsp. tomentosa. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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