Mangium Tree
Acacia mangium
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- February-July
How to identify Mangium Tree
Identify Mangium Tree 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: Broad wide phyllodes, fast-growing plantation tree.
- Confirm leaf shape: Curved sickle-shaped phyllode (single blade, not divided).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Mimosaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mangium Tree.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia mangium
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown as avenue tree, also raised in plantations
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Moluccas Islands
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Curved sickle-shaped phyllode (single blade, not divided)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mangium Tree 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
- கத்தி சவுக்கு, அகாசியா மாஞ்சியம்
- Malayalam
- മാഞ്ചിയം, Acacia mangium, അക്കേഷ്യ മാഞ്ചിയം
About Mangium Tree
Mangium Tree (Acacia mangium) is a tree in the Mimosaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 8 other states. It is grown as avenue tree, also raised in plantations. Flowering and fruiting run from February to July.
Uses
Locally it is cut for timber and furniture and used to hold soil and restore degraded ground.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Mangium Tree belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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