Acacia dodonaeifolia (Pers.) Balb.

 
  • Family : MIMOSACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fabaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Mimosa dodonaeifolia Pers.; Phyllodoce dodonaeifolia (Pers.) Link; Racosperma dodonaeifolium (Pers.) Pedley; Acacia metrosiderosifolia Sterler; Acacia visciflua F.Muell.; Acacia viscosa Schrad. ex H.L.Wendl.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acacia dodonaeifolia (Pers.) Balb.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Viscid, glabrous shrub or small tree, 2-6m tall; Branchlets vernicose when young, ribs minutely tuberculate; Phyllode normally narrowly elliptic, straight to shallowly incurved, 4-8cm long, 5-11mm wide, surface glabrous, obscurely punctate, slightly roughened, often sparsely tuberculate, glands 2-3, lowermost 0–5 mm above the pulvinus, others often slightly raised; Inflorescence simple, 2 per axil or arranged as 2-headed racemes with axes up to 5 mm long, peduncles 7-16mm long, basal bract persistant; Flower heads globular, 36–46 flowers per head, bright yellow, pentamerous, sepals united; Fruit pod, linear, up to 13cm long, 5-7mm wide, thinly coriaceous, light brown when mature; Seeds longitudinally arranged, oblong-elliptic, 4.3–5 mm long, shiny, dark brown.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-November
  • Native : Australia
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : SE. South Australia
  • 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=Acacia dodonaeifolia
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Acacia dodonaeifolia. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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