Pan India Bouquets

Acacia jacquemontii Benth.

Family : MIMOSACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Mimosoideae
Synonym(s) : Vachellia jacquemontii (Benth.) Ali
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acacia jacquemontii Benth.
Vernacular name : Kikar (Hindi); Ratobaval (Gujarati)
Habit : Shrub or tree
Habitat : Desert
Comments / notes : The bark is used for tanning leather and the leaves are stored as fodder
Flower, Fruit : December-
Distribution :
- Gujarat : Vadodara district, Panchmahal district, Kachchh district, North Gujarat district, Saurashtra - Kutch district
Native : India, Pakistan
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Thar desert
Literature : Shah G. L. (1978). Flora of Gujarat State Part 1. University Press Sardar Patel University: 283
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 jacquemontii. Downloaded on 1 July 2022.