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 senegal (Linn.) Willd.
( कीकर ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Acacia circummarginata Chiov., Acacia cufodontii Chiov., Senegalia senegal (Linn.) Britton | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Kiker, Kumttha, Kumatiyo, Kumat, Kumatio | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Gum Arabic Tree, Gum Acacia, Gum Senegal Tree | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kiker | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | 100-1700 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | The pods are straight, thin, flat, shortly stipitate and oblong (7.5 x 2 cm), green and pubescent when young, maturing to shiny bronze, often with dark patches and bearing prominent veins; seeds 3-6, smooth, flat, rather small, shiny, dark brown. |
| Habitat | Sensitive to water logging. In the drier parts of its area of distribution it tends to be restricted to sandy habitats and dry river beds | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Pakistan ,India, Tropical Africa. | Bark Details | Bark light brown, scaly, rough |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | A small tree, up to 6 m tall, young shoots pubescent, old branches glaucous-grey, on older stems the bark peels off in thin flakes of a darker colour. Prickles in threes at the base of the petiole, two lateral ones nearly straight or slightly curved upwards, the third recurved 5 mm long. Leaf pinnately compound, rachis with glands between the lowest and upper most pair of pinnae. Pinnae 3-5 pairs, opposite, sometimes alternate; leaflets 8-15 pairs, linear, obtuse, subsessile. Inflorescence a pedunculate spike, spike 5-10 cm long. Flowers sessile; calyx broadly campanulate, glabrous; corolla 3.5 mm long. Stamens indefinite. Fruit a pod, thin, flat, almost straight, shortly stipitate, tip with a slightly curved beak. Seeds 5-6, disc like, almost circular, ovate to linear-ovate, with a U shaped depression on either side, smooth, dark brown to greyish green in colour. | Leaf Details | Leaf pinnately compound, rachis with glands between the lowest and upper most pair of pinnae. Pinnae 3-5 pairs, opposite, sometimes alternate, c.1.2-2.5 cm long. Leaflets 8-15 pairs, 2-5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm broad, linear, obtuse, subsessile. |
