✿Mimosaceae · Acacia
White Cutch Tree
Acacia polyacantha
Also known as White Catechu
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Flowering
- February-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acacia polyacantha
- Genus
- Acacia
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, introduced in Caribbean
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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.“Leaves very finely divided bipinnate, with up to 60 pairs of primary pinnae, each with as many as 66 pairs of leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- Feathery bipinnate leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for White Cutch Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“Acacia polyacantha), also known as white thorn, is a flowering tree which can grow up to 25 m tall.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for White Cutch Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- சிலையுஞ்சில்
- Malayalam
- വെൺകരിങ്ങാലി
About White Cutch Tree
White Cutch tree (Acacia polyacantha) is a tree in the Mimosaceae family. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to October.
Botanical family
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
White Cutch Tree belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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