Sickle Bush
Dichrostachys cinerea
Also known as Bell mimosa, Kalahari Christmas tree, Marabou-thorn, Princess's Earrings, Sickle bush
About Sickle Bush
Dichrostachys cinerea, known as sicklebush, bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus Dichrostachys in the family Fabaceae. Other common names include omubambanjobe (Tooro Uganda), acacia Saint Domingue (French), el marabú (Cuba), " Mpangara" (Shona), Kalahari-Weihnachtsbaum (German of former South West Africa), kéké or mimosa clochette (Réunion), burli (Fula), sinté (Soninke).
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dichrostachys cinerea
- Genus
- Dichrostachys
- Family
- MIMOSACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Scrub forests and foot hills of dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Java, Africa, Australia. Introduced elsewhere
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-February
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- खेरी kheri, कुणाली kunali, शमी shami
- Tamil
- ஆனைத்தேர் anai-t-ter, வரித்துலா varittula, வெடுத்தலாம் vetuttalam
- Telugu
- వెలుతురుఛెట్టు veluturuchettu
- Kannada
- ಎಡತರಿ edatari, ಒದವಿನ Odavina, ಒಡತರೆ Odatare
- Malayalam
- വെടതല vetatala, വീരവൃക്ഷം veeravriksham, വെടതല
- Marathi
- दुरंगी बाभूळ durangi babhul, सिगम काटी sigam kati, दुरंगी बाभूळ
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Sickle Bush belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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