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Family: Mimosaceae	Genus: Acacia	Species: Acacia modesta Wall.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Mimosa dumosa Roxb., Mimosa obovata Roxb.	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Amritsar Gum	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Amritsar Gum	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Phulai	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	1200 m.	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Pods are stipitate, stipe about 5-6 mm long, pod proper about 5-7 cm long, 8-10 mm broad, thin, flat, straight, glabrous, apex deltoid, mucronate, late splitting. Seeds are 3-5.
Habitat	Common in deciduous region	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Found in Afghanistan, Punjab, Uttarakhand	Bark Details	Bark brownish or greenish grey, rough. Thorns are in pairs, below the leaf-stalk, compressed, recurved, dark brown, shining, 4-5 mm long, sometimes thorns absent.
Distribution in chandigarh	Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Rock garden	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Amritsar Gum is a small or medium sized deciduous tree, young shoot hairless or nearly so. bark brownish or greenish grey, rough. Thorns are in pairs, below the leaf-stalk, compressed, recurved, dark brown, shining, 4-5 mm long, sometimes thorns absent. Rachis is 1.2-5 cm long, with a small gland near the base and sometimes one between the uppermost pair of pinnae. Sidestalks are generally 2-3 pairs rarely 1, 1.2-2.5 cm long, leaflets 3-5 pairs, stalked, stalks 1 mm long, lamina about 4-10 mm long, about 3-7 mm broad, broadly ovate or obovate, oblique, obtuse, glaucous, veins prominent. Flowers are borne in a stalked spike, about 3.7-7.5 cm long, stalk about 1.3-2.5 cm long. Flowr-stalks are about 1 mm long. Calyx 1-1.5 mm long, broadly bellshaped, hairless. Flowers are about 2-2.5 mm long. Stamens are indefinite, filaments about 5 mm long. Pods are stipitate, stipe about 5-6 mm long, pod proper about 5-7 cm long, 8-10 mm broad, thin, flat, straight, glabrous, apex deltoid, mucronate, late splitting. Seeds are 3-5. Amritsar Gum is found in Afghanistan, Punjab, Uttarakhand, at altitudes of 1200 m.	Leaf Details	Leaflets 3-5 pairs, stalked, stalks 1 mm long, lamina about 4-10 mm long, about 3-7 mm broad, broadly ovate or obovate, oblique, obtuse, glaucous, veins prominent.

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