Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

 
  • Family : MIMOSACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fabaceae
  • Subfamily : Mimosoideae
  • Synonym(s) : Acacia robusta Burch.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Medium-sized tree, 6-9m tall, trunk stout, branches and branchlets robust, trunk thick, sturdy; Leaves binnate, pinnae arranged in 3-4 pairs, single gland present between terminal pair of pinnae; Leaflets 8-13 pairs per pinna, oblong, apex obtuse, surface glabrous; Stipular spines paired, white, straight, long, with addtional shorter spines often present on the same branchlet; Inflorescence globose heads, pedunculate, up to 10 flower heads produced together; Flowers pale yellow, fragrant; Fruit pod, brown, glabrous, broadly linear, straight, 2-valved.
  • Native : Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Ethiopia to S. Africa
  • 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=Vachellia robusta
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Vachellia robusta. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
Creative Commons License
India Trees and Vegetation Types by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.