• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Mimosoideae
• Species : Acacia polyacantha
• Synonym : Acacia suma (Roxb.) Voigt; Mimosa suma Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Acacia polyacantha Willd.
• Common name : White Cutch
• Vernacular name : Swetakhair (Hin.); Muguli (Kan.); Kovalai mullu maram (Tam.); Tellachandra, Tellasundra (Tel.); Gonhareu, Somi (Ori.); Kadarah (San.)
• Habitat :
• Key identification features : A medium size deciduous tree. Bark, white or greyish, smooth, peeling off in small papery flakes, marked at intervals by horizontal patches of darker colour.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : March-October
• Comments : In foothills to 1200 m of decidous forests and scrub jungles. Bark used in tanning.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Puri district, Kalahandi district, Khurda district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa, Madagascar; Introduced in the Caribbean
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Acacia polyacantha. Downloaded on 3 May 2024.

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