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Acacia mellifera
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Acacia mellifera Benth. in Hook.'s London J. Bot. 1: 507. 1842; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 631. 1996.
Mimosa mellifera Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 103. 1791.
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Description:
Shrubs or trees, 2-5 m high; branchlets flattened, 1.5-5 mm thick, glabrous; stipules deciduous, not spinescent; spines in pairs, 3-5 mm long, black, recurved. Leaves: rachis 2-5 cm long, slender, sparsely puberulous to glabrous; glands more or less midway on petioles, circular, sessile, ca 0.5 mm diameter, pinnae 2-3 pairs, 0.5-2.5 cm long; leaflets 2-3 pairs, oblong to obovate-oblong, 5-10 x 2-5 mm, unequal (acute + rounded) at base, rounded to acute-mucronate at apex, chartaceous, glabrous, green when dry; main vein subcentral with 2 prominent accessory nerves ascending about 2/3 rd way up the lamina; lateral nerves prominent. Inflorescence: axillary spikes, up to 8 cm long. Flowers: white; calyx obconic, ca 2 x 2 mm; teeth triangular, ca 1 mm long; corolla 2.5-3 mm long; lobes oblong, 1.5-2.5 mm long, glabrous; stamens ca 5 mm long; ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous: Pods : obliquely oblong, 4.5-6.5 x 2-2.5 cm, flat, thin, unlobed, rounded or obtuse-mucronate at apex, greenish-brown when dry, glabrous, prominently and transversely reticulate-veined; seeds 4-5.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown for fuel wood
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Distribution:
Native of Sudan
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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):
White
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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:
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Localities:
KFRI garden
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