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Vachellia leucophloea (White Babul; Velvel; Velvalayam; Reru; Nimbar; Maha Andara; Katu Andara; Distiller's Acacia)

Synonyms: Acacia leucophloea (homotypic); Acacia leucophloea var. leucophloea; Acacia leucophloea var. melanochaetes; Mimosa leucophloea (homotypic)
Language: Hindi

Wikipedia Abstract

Vachellia leucophloea (Hindi: रेवंजा), also called reonja, is a moderate sized tree found in southern India. It is sometimes mistaken for Prosopis cineraria with spreading crown and somewhat malformed and crooked trunk. It attains a height of about 20 to 30 ft and a girth of 2 to 3 ft. New leaves appear in April, and yellowish white flowers appear from August to October. The pods ripe by April and the seeds germinate readily if moisture is available. The tree is very hardy and stands drought well. It is frost hardy except in young age. It coppices well and produces good root suckers. It suffers from goat browsing particularly in early stage. Fruits are thin, flat, curved tomentose pods (difference from Prosopis cineraria).
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Janka Hardness [3]  2400 lbf (1089 kgf) Hard
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Specific Gravity [4]  0.45
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Anomalococcus indicus[5]
Boselaphus tragocamelus (nilgai)[6]
Elephas maximus (Asiatic Elephant)[7]
Inglisia chelonioides[5]
Phenacoccus solenopsis (solenopsis mealybug)[5]

External References

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
4Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
6Boselaphus tragocamelus, DAVID M. LESLIE, JR., MAMMALIAN SPECIES 813:1–16 (2008)
7Ecology of the Asian Elephant in Southern India. II. Feeding Habits and Crop Raiding Patterns, R. Sukumar, Journal of Tropical Ecology Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb., 1990), pp. 33-53
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0