Ear-Leaf Acacia
Acacia auriculiformis
Also known as Darwin Black Wattle
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- December-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia auriculiformis
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Tropical Australia
- Distribution
- Widely planted
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Odisha, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Tripura, Jharkhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Curved sickle-shaped phyllode (single blade, not divided)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ear-Leaf Acacia itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded“The flowers are bright yellow to golden-yellow, arranged in one to several spikes in , each spike 50–85 mm (2.0–3.3 in) long on a peduncle 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- SpikerecordedFlowers arranged directly on a central stem without individual stalks.“The flowers are bright yellow to golden-yellow, arranged in one to several spikes in , each spike 50–85 mm (2.0–3.3 in) long on a peduncle 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ear-Leaf Acacia itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- আকাশমণি
- Telugu
- అకేషియా అరికులిఫోర్మిస్
- Malayalam
- അക്കേഷ്യ, Acacia auriculiformis
About Ear-Leaf Acacia
A member of the Mimosaceae family, Ear-leaf Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal and 20 other states. It is planted. Flowering and fruiting run from December to August.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Ear-Leaf Acacia belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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