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Acacia planifrons Wight & Arn.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia planifrons Wight & Arn. [Preferred name]
    Acacia planiformis Wight & Arn. {Orthographic variant}
    Acacia roxburghii auct. non Wight & Arn. {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Odai [4751]; Udai [4751]; Umbrella Thorn [1945, 3019, 3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [1914, 1945, 3017, 3019, 3029, 3366, 3367]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [1945]; Kerala [1945]; Madhaya Pradesh [3029]; Maharashtra [3019]; Tamil Nadu [3367]; Sri Lanka (N) [1914, 1927]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1927, 1928, 3017, 3367, 3386] ; Illustration [1928, 3386]

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, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Forage [3030, 3367]; Wood [1927, 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

1945.

  Gamble, J.S., 1918
    Flora of the Presidency of Madras,Vol.1.(Parts 2-3) 1918-19

3017.

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

3019.

  Cooke, T., 1903
    The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol.1

3029.

  Samvatsar, S., 1996
    The Flora of Western Tribal Madhya Pradesh (India)

3030.

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

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

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

4751.

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

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