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Acacia caesia
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Acacia caesia (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 1090. 1806; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 428(304). 1919; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 148. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 92. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 37. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 171. 1994; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 604. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 125. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 116. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 110. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 202. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 332. 2009.
Mimosa caesia L., Sp. Pl. 522. 1753p.p.
Acacia intsia Willd. var. caesia (L.) Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 297. 1878.
Acacia columnaris Craib., Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1915: 410. 1915; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 429(304). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 166. 1984.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Eenga, Eenja, Incha, Palinja, Velutha-incha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Soap bark
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Description:
Stout ramblers; old stem 4-6-angled; prickles strong, recurved, bark fibrous. Leaves 20-25 cm long, pinnae 5-8 pairs, to 7 cm long; leaflets 18-22 pairs, to 11 x 3.5 mm, oblong, apiculate at apex, truncate at base; thinly pubescent below, 3-nerved from base. Heads terminal, panicled. Pods to 13 x 2.2 cm, oblong, flat, acuminate at both ends, marginate.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Kasaragode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Koruthode, Vengoli, Moozhiar, Panthenthode border, Taliparamba
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