Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Prosopis | Species: Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC. |
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| Synonym | Acacia juliflora (Sw.) Willd., Mimosa juliflora Sw. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Kabuli kikar | Flower Type | Spikelet |
| English / Trade Name | Honey Mesquite | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kabuli kikar | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1000m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Pods pale – yellow, glabrous, constricted between the seeds, many seeded. |
| Habitat | Along road sides, on dry localities. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Indigenous to West Indies and Mexico | Bark Details | Bark thick, brown or blackish, shallowly fissured. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Rock garden, Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Sukhna Choe Reserve Forest & Sukhna Lake , Manimajara and Daria, Sector 1, Sector 9, Sector 26 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Branches greyish, with stipules spines to 1 cm long. Rachis, pinnae 1 – 2 (3) pairs, leaflets 16 – 24 pairs, oblique oblong, obtuse, glabrous, ligulate. Spikes 1 several, axillary or terminal, calyx faintly 5 – toothed. corolla creamish; petals tomentose inside. Ovary stipitate. Pods pale – yellow, glabrous, constricted between the seeds, many seeded. | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate, bipinnate, with 1-3 pairs of pinnae, prolonged beyond the last pinnae as a soft bristle. Leaflets 10-20 pairs, entire, oblong, obtuse, sometimes mucronate. Stipules spiny, generally 1.0 cm or less long, in pair. |
