Senegalia pennata subsp. insuavis (Lace) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger

 
  • Family : MIMOSACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fabaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Acacia insuavis Lace; Acacia pennata subsp. insuavis (Lace) I.C.Nielsen
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Senegalia insuavis (Lace) Pedley
  • Habit : Climbing shrub or tree
  • Key identification features : Young branches possess very few, scattered glandular hairs; Leaves bipinnate, rachis 17.5-29cm long, petiolar galnd 1.5-5mm long, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, pinnae 17-30 pairs with glands situated below the junctions of the 1–3 distal pairs; Leaflets small, 3–6 × 0.5–0.6 mm, apex symmetrically acute, mucronate to apiculate, bent forward; Calyx 2–2.8 mm long, tube faintly to densely puberulous, teeth 0.3–1 mm long; Corolla 3–3.2 mm long, teeth 0.7–1 mm long, puberulous; Fruit pod, immature pod about 21 × 2.9 cm, oblong, flat, chartaceous, glabrous, lacking glands, with slightly prominent veins.
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Yunnan, W. Guangxi, S. Guangdong) and Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume I. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Senegalia pennata subsp. insuavis
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Senegalia pennata subsp. insuavis. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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