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Acacia torta
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 410. 1915; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 428(304). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 169. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 186. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 44. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 167. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 111. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 240. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 126. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 119. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 110. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 202. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 264. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 334. 2009.
Mimosa torta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 566. 1832.
Acacia caesia Wight & Arn., Prodr. 278. 1834, non Willd. 1806.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Anthochini, Kallinja, Pattincha
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Description:
Rambling shrubs with recurved prickles; branchlets puberulus. Leaves alternate, to 24 cm long; bipinnate, pinnae 6-10 pairs; leaflets 25-30 pairs, 8 x 3 mm, oblong, obtuse at apex, subcordate at base, slightly pubescent, 1-nerved from base; petiole to 5 cm long with a basal globose gland. Heads 1.5 cm across, solitary or in groups of 2 or 3 in terminal panicles. Calyx 1 mm long, 5-lobed. Petals oblong 2 mm long. Staminal filaments 5.5 mm long, yellow. Pods 16 x 2.5 cm, flat, papery, yellowish-brown, densely glandular; seeds 6-8.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
India and Pakistan
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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:
No
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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:
Peechi, Thenmala, Karimutty, Thekkady, Karimala, Parambikulam, Walayar, Appuppanthode, Kannoth R.F., Odanthode, Chindaki forest, Thazhakkara, Nellikuth
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