Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Acacia | Species: Acacia nilotica var. indica (Benth.) A.F.Hill. ( बबूल ) |
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| Synonym | Acacia nilotica (Linn.) Willd. ex Delile ssp. indica (Benth.) Brenan, Mimosa nilotica Linn., A. arabica (Lam.) Willd. var. indica Benth.; Mimosa arabica Lam., | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Babul, Kikar | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Babul. | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Babul, Kikar | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | up to 800 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Pods coriaceous, 8 – 12 seeded, subindehisent. |
| Habitat | Outer submontane zones, along the miscellaneous forests, open places. | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka, C. Aisa and tropical Africa. | Bark Details | Dark – brown bark |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 8 m high; Bark black with deep narrow longitudinal fissures, running spirally up the tree, exudation gummy; blaze pinkish-brown; branchlets blackish or greyish, smooth. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipular spines in pairs, pulvinate, grooved above, pubescent; pinnae 4-9 pairs, with a gland near the lowermost pinnae on upper side, pubescent; leaflets 20-40, opposite, sessile; lamina linear, oblong or linear-oblong, base oblique, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous. Flowers bright yellow, in heads on axillary peduncle; calyx campanulate, glabrescent, teeth triangular to ovate; corolla lobes oblong to ovate. Fruit a pod flattened, strap-shaped, straight to slightly curved, deeply constricted between seeds; seeds flat black. | Leaf Details | Leaves rachis with several glands; pinnae 3 – 6 pairs, leaflets 10 – 20 pairs, membranous, glabrous or downy. |
