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Acacia ferruginea DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia ferruginea DC. [Preferred name]
    Mimosa ferruginea Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Safed Khair [3587]; Velvelam [4751]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [1914, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3094, 3366, 3367, 3372, 3375, 3596]; Andhra Pradesh [3367]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [1914, 3372]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3367]; Orissa [3367]; Rajasthan [1914, 3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3596]; West Bengal [1914]; Myanmar (N) [3366]; Sri Lanka (N) [1914, 1927]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1927, 1928, 3017, 3367] ; Illustration [1928]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030, 3367]; Medicine [3034, 3367]; Wood [1927, 1928, 3030, 3367]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1927.

  Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1980
    Mimosaceae. In Flora of Ceylon, Vol. 1.M.D. Dassanayalu....

1928.

  Matthew, K.M., 1981
    Flora of Tamilnadu Cartnatic, Vols. 1-4 Tiruchir...1981-1983

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3028.

  Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3367.

  Chakrabarty T, Gangopadhyay M, 1996
    The genus Acacia. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 20:599-633

3372.

  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.

3596.

  Raizada, M.B., 1976
    Supplement to Duthie's Flora of the Upper Gangetic Plain...

4751.

  Senaratna, L.K., 2001
    A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.
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