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 leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.( रेरू ) |
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| Synonym | Mimosa leucophloea Roxb., Acacia arcuata Decne. , Acacia melanochaetes Zoll., Acacia leucophloea var. melanochaetes Miq. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | White bark acacia, Panicled acacia | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Distiller's Acacia, White babul | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Reru | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to1000m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | A sessile, flat, elongate pod, rusty tomentose, seeds 10, ovoid, angular. |
| Habitat | Commonly found in hill tracts | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Indo-Malesia. West Pakistan, India , Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Indonesia, Java | Bark Details | Bark pale-gray, Smooth, on old trees becoming Black and 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 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | A small or medium sized tree. Bark pale-gray and smooth on young stems, dark brown or blackish. Stipular spines in pairs, straight. Leaflets 10 – 30 pairs, linear, crowded, about 5 x 1 mm. Flowers heads small, pale yellow, sweet scented, in large, terminal, leafless, densely tomentose panicles. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Pods 10 – 15 x 0.6 x 1 cm, narrowly ligulate, with persistent, pale brown tomentum | Leaf Details | Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate, stipular spines in pairs, upto 1 cm, grey, straight, puberulous, rachis 9-14 cm stout, pulvinate, grooved above, pubescent |
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