Foreign White Sundra
Acacia ferruginea
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering
- March-April
How to identify Foreign White Sundra
Identify Foreign White Sundra 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: Rust-colored young shoots (ferruginous).
- Confirm leaf shape: Feathery bipinnate leaflets.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Mimosaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Foreign White Sundra.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia ferruginea
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-April
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Feathery bipinnate leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Foreign White Sundra 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
- Telugu
- అనచండ్ర
- Malayalam
- ഗൊന്തുമരം
About Foreign White Sundra
A member of the Mimosaceae family, Foreign White Sundra (Acacia ferruginea) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to April.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Foreign White Sundra belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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