Archidendron clypearia (Jack) I.C.Nielsen

 
  • Family : MIMOSACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Mimosoideae
  • Basionym : Inga clypearia Jack
  • Synonym(s) : Abarema angulata (Benth.) Kosterm.; Acacia acutangula Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Adenanthera circinalis DC.; Albizia angulata (Benth.) Kurz; Feuilleea subacuta (Benth.) Kuntze; Inga acutangula Graham; Inga angulata Graham; Inga dimidiata Hook. & Arn.; Inga kawahurunee Voigt; Mimosa heterophylla Roxb.; Mimosa trapezifolia Roxb.; Pithecellobium acutangulum Miq.; Pithecellobium falcifolium Hassk.; Pithecellobium heterophyllum (Prain) J.F.Macbr.;; Pithecellobium parvifolium Merr.; Pithecellobium prainianum Merr.; Pithecellobium subacutum Benth.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Archidendron clypearia (Jack) I.C.Nielsen
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mazhavaka, Pulivaka (Malayalam)
    • Malaivagei (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : A small tree
  • Flower, Fruit : December-May
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Tirunelveli district, KLM
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling (Sukhna)
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island),Long Island, Laful, Galathea, Campbell Bay, East-West road in Great Nicobar Island
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 161
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
    • B. K. Sinha. (1999). Flora of Great Nicobar Island (P. K. Hajra & P. S. N. Rao, Eds.). Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Archidendron clypearia
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Archidendron clypearia. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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