Acacia horrida (L.f.) Willd.
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Summary[edit] Description: Family: Mimosaceae Distribution: Common in scrub jungles. Found in India and Parts of Africa. Armed shrubs, 2-3 mts tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, bipinnate, leaflets 6-8 pairs; Stipules modified into spines. the thorns are 2-8cm long, sharp , hollow and white. Ants stay in these thorns. Flowers 2-3mm across, white, or creamy yellow, in 2-3cm long axilary fasiculate spikes. Pod reniform, black with 2 orbicular seeds. Wood is used as fuel. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao. Date: 15 August 2010, 20:54. Source: Acacia horrida (L.f.) Willd.. Author: Lalithamba from India.
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- Vachellia horrida
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