White Babool
Acacia leucophloea
Also known as White-Barked Acacia, Distiller's acacia, White babool
Tree
About White Babool
Vachellia leucophloea (Hindi: रेवंजा Punjabi: ਰੇਰੂ), also vernacularly as the White Bark Acacia or reonja, is a moderate-sized tree native to South and Southeast Asia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia leucophloea
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- MIMOSACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, Indo-China
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- வெள்வேல், வெள்ளை வேலம்
- Telugu
- తెల్ల తుమ్మ
- Malayalam
- വെള്ളവേലം, Acacia leucophloea, വെൽവേലം
- Marathi
- हिवर
Botanical family
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
White Babool belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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