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 catechu (Linn.f.) Willd |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Mimosacatechu Linn., Acacia sundra (Roxb.) Bedd.,Mimosa catechuoides Roxb., Acacia catechu Var. catechuoides (Roxb.)Prain, Acaciacatechuoides (Roxb.) Benth., Acaciawallichiana DC. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Katha. Khair | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Cutch Tree, Black Catechu | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Khair | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up To 700 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Pods smooth, flat, dehiscent, 3 – 6 seeded. |
| Habitat | Deciduous trees , growing in dry exposed miscellaneous forests. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India and Myanmar | Bark Details | The bark of the tree is grayish brown in color |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Rock garden, Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Manimajara and Daria, Sector 6 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 20 m high, with glabrous branches and dark coloured bark. Stipular spines in pair, shortly recurved, to 5 mm long, dark coloured. Petiole with a gland near the middle; rachis with gland between uppermost pair of pinnae; pinnae 10 – 30 pairs, 4 – 5 cm long; leaflets 30 – 45 pairs, linear, glabrous, sessile, subacute. Flowers creamy – white, in axillary, solitary or fascicled, to 10 cm long spikes. Pods smooth, flat, dehiscent, 3 – 6 seeded. | Leaf Details | Pinnae 10 – 30 pairs, 4 – 5 cm long; leaflets 30 – 45 pairs, linear, glabrous, sessile, subacute. |
