Senegaliya / Rusty Mimosa
Acacia pennata
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- May-February
How to identify Senegaliya
Identify Senegaliya by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Rusty-hairy young growth (rusty mimosa).
- Confirm leaf type: Bipinnately compound.
- Confirm leaf shape: Linear.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-February.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia pennata
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Mixed forests and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanamar
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Odisha, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-February
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compoundrecordedThe leaf is divided twice — each 'leaflet' is itself a row of smaller leaflets, giving a fine, fern-like look.“Its leaves are bipinnate with linear-oblong and glabrous pinnules.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LinearrecordedVery long and narrow with roughly parallel sides.“Its leaves are bipinnate with linear-oblong and glabrous pinnules.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“Its leaves are bipinnate with linear-oblong and glabrous pinnules.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Senegaliya itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded“Its yellowish flowers are terminal panicles with globose heads.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Its yellowish flowers are terminal panicles with globose heads.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Senegaliya itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- अर्फुकाँडा, अर्खु
- Tamil
- இந்து, காட்டிண்டு, காட்டுசிகை
- Telugu
- గూబ కోరింద
- Malayalam
- കാരിഞ്ച, മല ഈഞ്ച
- Marathi
- शेंबरटी, शेंबी
- Hindi
- सेनेगालिया senegaliya
About Senegaliya
A member of the Mimosaceae family, Rusty Mimosa (Acacia pennata) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and 26 other states. It grows in mixed forests and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to February.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Senegaliya belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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