Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
Acacia torta (Roxb.)Craib
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Acacia pennata Sensu Baker, p.p. non Willd. |
synonym | Mimosa torta Roxb. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Medium Sized Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Rambling shrubs; branchlets puberulus. Leaves to 24 cm long; pinnae 12 pairs; leaflets 8 x 3 mm, oblong, obtuse at apex, subcordate at base, slightly pubescent, 1-nerved from base. Heads 1.5 cm across, in terminal panicles. Flowers many, 3 mm long; filaments 5.5 mm long, yellow. Pods 16 x 2.5 cm, flat, papery, yellowish-brown, densely glandular.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Maharashtra: Kolhapur
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
India and Pakistan
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5846
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5846 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5846
- Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 410. 1915; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 428(304). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 169. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 186. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 44. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 167. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 111. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 240. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 126. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 119. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 110. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 202. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 264. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 334. 2009.
- Acacia caesia Wight & Arn., Prodr. 278. 1834, non Willd. 1806.
- Mimosa torta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 566. 1832.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5846
- Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 410. 1915; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 428(304). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 169. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 186. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 44. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 167. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 111. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 240. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 126. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 119. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 110. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 202. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 264. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 334. 2009.
- Acacia caesia Wight & Arn., Prodr. 278. 1834, non Willd. 1806.
- Mimosa torta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 566. 1832.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Acacia |
Species | Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib |
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