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Racosperma auriculiforme
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Racosperma auriculiforme ( Benth. ) Pedley, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 247. 1986; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 340. 2009.
Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. in Hook.'s London J. Bot. 1: 377. 1842; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 148. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 45. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 167. 1996; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 603. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 111. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 206. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 263. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Acacia
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Darwin Black Wattle, Ear Pod Wattle
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high, bark brown, smooth; branchlets terete, glabrous. Phyllodes alternate; stipules lateral; petiole 8-20 mm long, pulvinate, slender, glabrous; lamina 7-20 x 1-5 cm, linear, falcate or falcate-elliptic-falcate, base attenuate, apex subacute or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; 3-6 parallel ribs from the base, palmate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, 2.5 mm, in axillary spikes, to 4-8 cm long; calyx 0.5-1 x 0.8-1 mm, campanulate; lobes 5; corolla ca. 2 mm long; lobes 5, 1.5-1.8 mm, lobes lanceolate; stamens many, 3-4 mm long; ovary superior, subsessile, glabrous; styles 3-4 mm long. Fruit a pod, 3-10 x 0.5-1 cm, flat, glabrous, woody and much twisted in irregular coils; seeds black, 0.6 x 0.5 cm, with orange-yellow coloured aril.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as avenue tree, also raised in plantations
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical Australia
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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):
Yellow
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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:
Kuriachira, Kakki hills, Bhagavathipady
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