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Racosperma melanoxylon
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Pedley, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 240. 1986
Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. in Ait.f., Hort. Kew. (ed. 2) 5: 462. 1813; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 292. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 429(304). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 166. 1984; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 50. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 172. 1994; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 617. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 49. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karutha wattle
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Australian Blackwood, Black wattle, Blackwood Acacia
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Description:
Trees, 10-35 m high; bark dark greyish; branchlets angled to terete, 3-6 mm thick. Phyllodes alternate: falcate-elliptic to lanceolate, 4-14 x 0.5-1.5 cm, attenuate at base, acute-attenuate at apex, coriaceous, glabrous, brown when dry; gland near base, obscure; main veins 3-5 (-6), more or less parallel, faint. Inflorescence: axillary racemes of head; peduncles 3-5 mm long. Flowers: white; calyx ca 2.5 x 2 mm; lobes oblanceolate, ca 2 x 0.8 mm, membranous; corolla ca 3.5 x 3 mm; lobes obovate, ca 3 x 1.5 mm; stamens 4-5 mm long; ovary ca 2.5 mm long; style lateral, ca 2 mm long. Pods: twisted or curved in a ring, 3.5-15 x 0.5-1.2 cm, flat, unlobed or constricted once or twice,, thin, glabrous, green, brown or dark reddish-brown or blackish when dry, bullate along seeds; seeds 2-4 oblong, 6-8 x 3.5-4 mm, black, enclosed by reddish 2-folded funcile.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Australia
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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):
Creamy, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Devicolam
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