Acacia salicina Lindl.

 
  • Family : MIMOSACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fabaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Acacia salicina var. typica Domin; Racosperma salicinum (Lindl.) Pedley; Acacia salicina var. varians Benth.; Acacia varians Benth.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acacia salicina Lindl.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Tall shrub or small tree; Branches often pendulous, branchlets scarcely angular; Phyllodes mostly straight or nearly straight, oblong-linear or lanceolate, apex obtuse or slightly acuminate, base much narrowed, 2-5 inches long, usually not more than 0.5 inch broad, thick, margins scarcely thickened; Inflorescence short raceme, each raceme bears 2–3 dense globular flower heads or is reduced to a single head, flowers about 20 or more flowers in each head, pentamerous; Calyx short, truncate at apex, margin entire or minutely toothed; Petals smooth; Fruit pod, 1-3 inches long, valves somewhat convex, hard, thick; Seeds orbicular, arranged longitudinally in the pod, funicle thickened, usually scarlet from near the base, and forms several folds beneath the seed.
  • Native : Australia
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Central & E. 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.
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  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acacia salicina
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Acacia salicina. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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