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Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.)Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia arcuata Decne. {Synonym}
    Acacia leucophloea var. melanochaetes Miq. {Synonym}
    Acacia melanochaetes Zoll. {Synonym}
    Delaportea ferox Gagnep. {Synonym}
    Delaportea microphylla Gagnep. {Synonym}
    Mimosa leucophloea Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Distiller's Acacia [3030]; Katu Andara [4751]; Maha Andara [4751]; Nimbar [2159]; Reru [2010]; Safed Kikar [3030]; Velvalayam [4751]; Velvel [4751]; White Babul [3581]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Burma (N) [2022]; East Timor (N) [2022]; India (N) [1914, 1998, 2022, 3367, 3373, 3384, 3587]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Bihar [3587]; Delhi [3367]; Gujarat [3367]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3367]; Karnataka [3367]; Madhaya Pradesh [3367]; Maharashtra [3367]; Orissa [3367]; Punjab [3367]; Rajasthan [3367]; Tamil Nadu [3367]; Uttar Pradesh [3367]; West Bengal [1914]; Indonesia (N) [1998, 2022]; Bali [2022]; Jawa (N) [2022]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [2022]; Malaysia (N) [2159]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1998, 2022]; Pakistan (N) [1914, 2010]; Sri Lanka (N) [1914, 1927]; Thailand (N) [1998, 2022]; Vietnam (N) [1913, 2022]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1913, 1915, 1998, 2010, 2022, 3367, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2022] ; Illustration [1913, 1998, 2010, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] [2022] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [1915] [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] [2022] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1913, 3030]; Domestic [1998, 2022]; Fibre [2010, 3030]; Food and Drink [3030, 3034, 3367]; Forage [3030]; Medicine [3030, 3034]; Wood [1998, 2010, 2022, 3030]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1913.

  Nielsen, I., 1981
    Leg-Mim. In:Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et Viet-nam,Vol 19.A.

1914.

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

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1927.

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

1998.

  Nielsen, I., 1985
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 2. Mimosaceae. In:T.Smithinans

2010.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan,No.36.Mimosaceae.Karachi:Univ.of Karachi

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2159.

  Wiersema, J.H. et al., 1990
    Legume Nomenclature USDA Germplasm Sys. USDA Tech. Bull.1757

3030.

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

3034.

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

3367.

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

3373.

  Kumar, S., 2000
    ..Leguminosae of Haryana. Indian J. Forest. Addit Ser. 11

3384.

  Pullaiah, T. & Yesoda, N., 1989
    Flora of Anantapur District (Andhra Pradesh, India)

3386.

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

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.

3587.

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

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

4751.

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