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Acacia nilotica subsp.
indica a-KAY-see-uh or uh-KAY-shuh -- from the Greek akis, meaning point, barb, thorny, spiny ny-LOH-tee-kuh -- of or from the valley of the Nile River IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India commonly known as: black piquant, black babul, gum arabic, Egyptian mimosa, Egyptian thorn, prickly acacia, Nile acacia, scented thorn, scented-pod acacia • Bengali: বাবলা babala • Gujarati: બાવળ baval, બાવળિયો bavaliyo, દેશી બાવળ deshi baval • Hindi: बबूल babool, कीकर kikar • Kannada: ಗೊಬ್ಳಿ ಮರ gobli mara, ಕರಿಜಾಲಿ karijaali • Konkani: बाबुळ babul • Malayalam: കരിവേലം karivelam • Marathi: बाभूळ babhul, बाभळी babhali, बाभळ babhal • Rajasthani: banvalia • Sanskrit: बब्बूलः babbulaha, पङ्क्तिः panktiha, सोमवृक्ष somavriksha, तीक्ष्ण कण्टक tikshna kantaka, वर्वू varvu, वर्वुरः varvrurha, युग्मकण्ट yugmakanta • Tamil: கறுவேளை karuvelai • Telugu: నల్లతుమ్మ nalla tumma Native to: n & tropical Africa, Arabian peninsula, w Asia, Indian subcontinent References:
Flowers of India •
Dave's Garden •
Zipcode Zoo. Date: 7 April 2019, 09:57. Source:
Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.