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Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Acacia leucophloea

a-KAY-see-uh or uh-KAY-shuh -- from the Greek akis, meaning point, barb, thorny, spiny loo-koh-flo-yi-uh -- from the Greek leukos (white), phloem (fibre, bast)

commonly known as: brewers acacia, distillers acacia, panicled acacia, white-bark acacia • Bengali: সফেদ বাবলা safed babala • Hindi: arinj, रेवंजा reonja, safed babul, safed kikkar • Kannada: bellada, bili-jali, nayibela • Malayalam: velvelam • Marathi: हिंवर himvar • Oriya: goira • Sanskrit: arimedah, shwet barhura • Tamil: sarai, வெள்வேலம் velvelam • Telugu: తెల్ల తుమ్మ tella tumma

Origin: arid regions of Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

... feathery green foliage offers a strong contrast to the light-colored bark ... leaves are bipinnately compound having 5-30 pairs of leaflets ... circular glands are found on the rachis below the junction of paired-pinnae ... spines, 2-5 mm long, occur at the base of leaves.

References: World Agroforestry Centre • FACT net • eFlora
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Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India

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