Pan India Bouquets

Acacia intsia (L.) Willd.

Family : Mimosaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Mimosoideae
Basionym : Mimosa intsia L.
Synonym(s) : Acacia caesia Wight & Arn.; Mimosa tenuifolia Roxb.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Senegalia intsia (L.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Common name : Incha, Soap bark, Palinja
Vernacular name : Velutha-incha, Incha, Eenga, Palinja,Eenja (Malayalam); Kari indu (Tamil)
Habit : Climbing shrub
Habitat : Very common along the stream banks, wastelands and scrub jungles, also grow in evergreen and semi-evergreen forest; from plains to 500 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : October-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 116
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Acacia intsia. Downloaded on 29 June 2022.