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Family: Mimosaceae	Genus: Acacia	Species: Acacia modesta Wall.( फलिया, फुलाई )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Mimosa dumosa Roxb.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Phulai, Amritsar Gum	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Amritsar Gum	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Phalia, Phulai	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Pods straight, strap – shaped, 4 – 8 x 1 – 1.5 cm, glabrous, 3 – 6 seeded.
Habitat	Edges of miscellaneous forests.	Bark Type	Prickly
Distribution	Outer submontane Himalaya, western parts to Nepal; Pakistan, Afghanistan.	Bark Details	Grey – glabrous bark
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Panipat, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Oblong
Description of Species	Medium – sized trees, usually branching from the base, with grey – glabrous bark. Stipular spines in pairs, slightly hooked, dark – brown. Leaf rachis downy, with a small gland at tha base and between uppermost pair of pinnae 2 – 3 pairs; leaflets 3 – 5 pairs , ovate – oblong, 8 – 10 x 6 – 6 mm, subcoriaceous, greyish – green, glabrous. Flowers white or pale – yellow, fragrant, in cylindrical drooping spikes. Corolla twice as long as calyx. Pods straight, strap – shaped, 4 – 8 x 1 – 1.5 cm, glabrous, 3 – 6 seeded.	Leaf Details	Leaf rachis downy, with a small gland at tha base and between uppermost pair of pinnae 2 – 3 pairs; leaflets 3 – 5 pairs , ovate – oblong, 8 – 10 x 6 – 6 mm, subcoriaceous, greyish – green, glabrous.

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