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Acacia mearnsii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Acacia mearnsii Wilde, Pl. Bequaert. 3: 61. 1925, "mearnsi"; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 50. 1992; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 617. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 118. 1999.
Acacia decurrens (Wendl.) Willd. var. mollis Lindl., Bot. Reg. 5. t. 371. 1819.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Black Wattle
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high; young parts silky; branchlets semiterete. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; rachis 4-12 cm long, slender, pulvinate, pubescent, a gland at the base of the rachis on the upper side; pinnae 8-21 pairs, subopposite, 1.5-6 cm long, slender, a gland between each pairs on the upper side; leaflets 36-90, subsessile, subopposite; lamina 1.5-4 x 0.5-1 mm, linear or linear-oblong, base obtuse, subacute or obliquely truncate, apex obtuse or subacute, margin entire, puberulent, membranous, veins obscure. Flowers bisexual, white or creamy, sessile, heads arranged in axillary or terminal panicles or racemes; calyx 2.5-3 x 2-2.8 mm, ochraceous puberulous; lobes 5, ca. 2 x 1 mm, oblong; corolla 3.5-4 mm long; lobes 5, 2.5-3.5 x 1-2 mm, triangular-oblong; stamens 4-5 mm long; ovary superior, 4.5-5 mm long; style 4-5 mm long. Fruit a pod, 3-10 x 0.5-1 cm, flat, narrow, straight to slightly curved, usually constricted between the seeds, tomentose, blackish-brown.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Raised in plantations
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Distribution:
Native of Australia, widely planted in Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1500-
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Localities:
Pothumala, Old Devicolam
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