Pahari Kikar / Black Babool
Acacia eburnea
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- October-April
How to identify Pahari Kikar
Identify Pahari Kikar by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Ivory-white long straight thorns.
- Confirm leaf shape: Feathery bipinnate leaflets.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Mimosaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pahari Kikar.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia eburnea
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Arabia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Feathery bipinnate leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pahari Kikar itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पहाड़ी कीकर Pahari Kikar, देवबबूल Dev Babool
- Kannada
- Bambolero, Jali, Joli, Pikajali
- Marathi
- Marmat
- Tamil
- Kudai vel, Kutai velam
- Telugu
- Gabbuthumma, gabbutumma, jaali, jali, peekethumma, Piketumma
About Pahari Kikar
A member of the Mimosaceae family, Black Babool (Acacia eburnea) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Pahari Kikar belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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