Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Acacia | Species: Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan |
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| Synonym | Acacia Nilotica Var. Indica (Benth.) A. F. Hill | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | Indian Gum Arabic Tree, Babul/Egyptian Thorn, Egyptian Mimosa, Black Babool, Babul Tree, Black Babul | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kikar | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Upto 800 M | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Pod With Many Seeds. |
| Habitat | Dry Forest At Low Altitudes | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | North India To North Africa Through West Asia | Bark Details | Bark black with deep narrow longitudinal fissures, running spirally up the tree, exudation gummy; blaze pinkish-brown; branchlets blackish or greyish, smooth. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Sector 29, Sector 42, Sector 43, Sector 45, Sector 46, Sector 49, Sector 50, Sector 55, Sector 56 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | T Tree up to 8 m high; Bark black with deep narrow longitudinal fissures, running spirally up the tree, exudation gummy; blaze pinkish-brown; branchlets blackish or greyish, smooth. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipular spines in pairs, pulvinate, grooved above, pubescent; pinnae 4-9 pairs, with a gland near the lowermost pinnae on upper side, pubescent; leaflets 20-40, opposite, sessile; lamina linear, oblong or linear-oblong, base oblique, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous. Flowers bright yellow, in heads on axillary peduncle; calyx campanulate, glabrescent, teeth triangular to ovate; corolla lobes oblong to ovate. Fruit a pod flattened, strap-shaped, straight to slightly curved, deeply constricted between seeds; seeds flat black. | Leaf Details | The Leaves Are Twice Compound, I.e. They Consist Of 5-11 Feather-like Pairs Of Pinnae; Each Pinna Is Further Divided Into 7-25 Pairs Of Small, Elliptic Leaflets That Can Be Bottle To Bright Green In Colour. |
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