Acacia eburnea Willd.

Description:

Family; MimosaceaDistribution: Common in hilly areas of dry deciduous forests. Limited to Peninsular India.Photographed at Eastrenghats of Nellore district.Description: 2.5-3.5mts tall small tree with large ivory -white thorns. Leaves 2-3cm long, 4pairs of pinnae,leaf lets 7-8pairs , leaflets 2x1mm,elliptic or obovate, obtuse. Flowers heads on axillary peduncles, peduncles bracteate below the middle,0.6-1cm across, flowers hermaphrodite, with redpurple corolla and yellow stamens,Calyx companulate, petals united, stamens numerous, free, anthers small, ovary sessie, 5-9ovuled. Pod very thin, flat curved in a hook, 5-7 seeded.This species is not recorded in Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana and A.S.rao.