White Babool
Acacia leucophloea
Also known as White-Barked Acacia, Distiller's Acacia
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Punjab, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- July-February
How to identify White Babool
Identify White Babool 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: Distinctive whitish/pale bark (white babool).
- Confirm leaf shape: Feathery bipinnate leaflets.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Mimosaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is White Babool.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia leucophloea
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, Indo-China
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Feathery bipinnate leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for White Babool 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
- Tamil
- வெள்வேல், வெள்ளை வேலம்
- Telugu
- తెల్ల తుమ్మ
- Malayalam
- വെള്ളവേലം, Acacia leucophloea, വെൽവേലം
- Marathi
- हिवर
About White Babool
A member of the Mimosaceae family, White Babool (Acacia leucophloea) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and 7 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to February.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
White Babool belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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