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Published In: Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 2: 27, pl. 130. (Pl. Asiat. Rar.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Contributor Text: S.I. Ali
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per. March-May.
Type: Lectotype: Cultivated in Calcutta Botanical Gardens, Wallich 5230A (K-W).
Distribution: Distribution: W. Pakistan (N.W.F. Province, Punjab, Baluchistan) ; India (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh) ; Afghanistan.
Comment/Acknowledgements: The wood is hard and durable. It is used for cane crushers. Persian wheels and agricultural implements. It is also used as fuel. The gum is used in medicine and the tender twigs for cleaning the teeth.
Illustration: Acacia modesta Wall. (Illustration)
Map Location: D-6 Loralai Dist.: Duki-Gumbaz and Burkhan Kohlu Road bifur-, S. M. A. Kazmi 1827 (KUH) ; C-7 Jhelum Dist.: Bongla Mogli, 28.4.1902, Kabir Khan s.n. (K); Sembhar Pass, 23.4.1886., Lace (K); D-5 Loralai Dist.: Duki, 2000 ft., R. Holland 235 (K); B-7 Hazara Dist.: Haripur, Ishtiaq Hussain s.n. 2nd. June, 1952 (PFI-B); E-6 Multan Dist.: Pirwala plantation, Ishtiaq Hussain s.n. July 1954 (PP-B) ; D-7 Sahiwal Dist.: Chichawatni, 1000 ft., M. Saleem Mirza 61 (PFI.B); C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Lower Murree Hills, A. H. Khan (PFI-B); Peshawar, Rawalpindi, common, small trees, S. M. H. Jafri 3514 (KUH).

 

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A small or medium sized deciduous tree, young shoot glabrous to subglabrous, bark brownish or greenish grey, rough, prickles in pairs, below the petiole, compressed, recurved, dark brown, shining, 4-5 mm long, sometimes prickles absent. Rachis 1.2-5 cm long, with a small gland near the base and sometimes one between the uppermost pair of pinnae. Pinnae generally 2-3 pairs rarely 1, 1.2-2.5 cm long, leaflets 3-5 pairs, petiolulate, petiolule c. 1 mm long, lamina c. 4-10 mm long, c. 3-7 mm broad, broadly ovate or obovate, oblique, obtuse, glaucous, veins prominent. Inflorescence a pedunculate spike, c. 3.7-7.5 cm long, peduncle c. 1.3-2.5 cm long. Pedicel c. 1 mm long. Calyx 1-c.1.5 mm long, broadly campanulate, glabrous. Corolla c. 2-2.5 mm long. Stamens indefinite, filaments c. 5 mm long. Pod stipitate, stipe c. 5-6 mm long, pod proper c. 5-7 cm long, c. 8-10 mm broad, thin, flat, straight, glabrous, apex deltoid, mucronate, late dehiscing. Seeds 3-5.
 
 
 
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