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Acacia leucophloea var. leucophloea (Roxb.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia leucophloea var. leucophloea (Roxb.)Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia alba (Rottler)Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa alba Rottler {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Distiller's Acacia [3030]; Reru [2010]; Safed Kikar [3030]; White Babul [3367]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [1914, 3017, 3020, 3367, 3384, 3587]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Bihar [3587]; Delhi [3367]; Gujarat [3017]; Himachal Pradesh [3367]; Karnataka [3020]; Madhaya Pradesh [3367]; Maharashtra [3367]; Orissa [3367]; Punjab [3367]; Rajasthan [3367]; Tamil Nadu [3367]; Uttar Pradesh [3367]; West Bengal [1914]; Myanmar (N) [1914]; Pakistan (N) [2010]; Sri Lanka (N) [1927]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1913, 2010, 2022, 3367] ; Distribution Map [2022] ; Illustration [1913, 2010]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

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

1927.

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

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.

3017.

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

3020.

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

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

3384.

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

3587.

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