| Synonym |
Acacia
juliflora (Sw.) Willd., Mimosa juliflora Sw.
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Flower Color |
White |
| Common Name |
Kabuli kikar |
Flower Type |
Solitary |
| English / Trade Name |
Honey Mesquite |
Flowering Period |
July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Kabuli kikar |
Fruiting Period |
Oct-Dec |
| Altitude |
Up to 1000 m |
Fruit Type |
Pod |
| Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Pods pale – yellow, glabrous, constricted between the seeds, many seeded. |
| Habitat |
Along road sides, on dry localities. |
Bark Type |
Fissured |
| Distribution |
Indigenous to West Indies and Mexico |
Bark Details |
Bark thick, brown or blackish, shallowly fissured |
| Distribution in Haryana |
Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa |
Origin |
Exotic |
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Leaf Type |
Compound |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Bi-pinnate |
| Description of Species |
Branches greyish, with stipules spines to 1 cm long. Rachis, pinnae 1 – 2 (3) pairs, leaflets 16 – 24 pairs, oblique oblong, obtuse, glabrous, ligulate. Spikes 1 several, axillary or terminal, calyx faintly 5 – toothed. corolla creamish; petals tomentose inside. Ovary stipitate. Pods pale – yellow, glabrous, constricted between the seeds, many seeded. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves alternate, bipinnate, with 1-3 pairs of pinnae, prolonged beyond the last pinnae as a soft bristle. Leaflets 10-20 pairs, entire, oblong, obtuse, sometimes mucronate. Stipules spiny, generally 1.0 cm or less long, in pair. |
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