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Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.

[ Family : Fabaceae (Leguminosae) ]

[ Synonyms : Acacia acicularis Willd.; Acacia indica (Poir.) Desv.; Mimosa acicularis Poir.; Mimosa farnesiana L.; Mimosa indica Poir.; Mimosa suaveolens Salisb.; Poponax farnesiana (L.) Raf.; Vachellia farnesiana Wight & Arn. ]

[ Common name (Local) : Guye babla, Gabur ]

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Name in other Languages :

• Bengali : Guye babla, Guga babul | Sanskrit : Arimaedah, Bit khadir, Jalbarburakah, Marudruma | Hindi : Gandh babul, Bilaeti babul | Tribal : Grabur | English : Cassie flower, Fragrant acacia | Other Languages : Arivelam (Mal.) ; Kasturivel (Tam.) ; Kasturitumma (Tel.)

[ Trade Name : Gand babul, Irmed ]

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Plant Characteristics :

Habit : Small tree
Habitat & Ecology : Terrestrial, Grows in foothills, scrub-jungles
Occurrence : Planted in some parts of West Bengal.

Status : Infrequent
Botanical Character : Erect shrub or small tree. Branches slender, zig-zag, marked with minute raised grey dots. Leaves alternate, bipinnate, stipules hard and spiny. Leaf-rachis downy with minute petiolar gland. Pinnae 4-8 pairs, leaflets 10-20 pairs, sessile, linear oblong, subglabrous, coriaceous. Flowers in globose heads, fragrant, bright yellow, crowded on axillary nodes, bracteate, sessile. Pods subcylindric, turgid, slightly curved. Seeds biseriate, exalbuminous.

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Soil Character : Grows in wide range of soil
Climate : Tropical
Propagules : Seeds
Sowing Times : March--June
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Usable Parts of the Plant :

Bark, Leaf, Flower, Heart wood

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Reference Books : 1,3
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Remarks

Native of West Indies

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