Acacia leucophloea

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Acacia leucophloea

Description

Deciduous tree to 35 m high, stem diameter 35-100 cm; Branchlets angular in the distal parts, tomentose to scarcely puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves: Stipules spinescent, straight. Inflorescences consisting of pedunculate glomerules aggregated into terminal or axillar panicles up to c. 30 cm, tomentose or woolly; Flowers sessile, light yellow to cream, pentamerous. Stamens 15-20, 2.8 mm long, anthers with a gland at the apex of the connective. Ovary subsessile, 0.9 mm, minutely puberulous at the top. Seeds variable, orbicular, broadly elliptic or trapezoid, 4.5-6.5 by 3-5 mm, ± flattened;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present, Madura present, S Vietnam present, Timor present
India, Burma, Thailand, S Vietnam; in Malesia: Java, Madura, Bali, Timor. — .

Uses

Bark tanniferous, the wood very hard and durable.

Notes

The indumentum of branchlets and calyx of Malesian specimens tends to be scarcer than that of continental material.

Citation

Roxb. 1832 – In: Fl. Ind., ed. 2: 558
Nielsen 1980 – In: Adansonia: 345
Willd. 1986 – In: Fl. Thailand: 160
Willd. 1981: p. 46. – In: Fl. Camb. Laos Vietnam: pl. 6: 9-15
Backer & Bakh. f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 556
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 6