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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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Family; MimosaceaDistribution: Common in hilly areas of dry deciduous forests. Limited to Peninsular India.Photographed at Eastrenghats of Nellore district.Description: 2.5-3.5mts tall small tree with large ivory -white thorns. Leaves 2-3cm long, 4pairs of pinnae,leaf lets 7-8pairs , leaflets 2x1mm,elliptic or obovate, obtuse. Flowers heads on axillary peduncles, peduncles bracteate below the middle,0.6-1cm across, flowers hermaphrodite, with redpurple corolla and yellow stamens,Calyx companulate, petals united, stamens numerous, free, anthers small, ovary sessie, 5-9ovuled. Pod very thin, flat curved in a hook, 5-7 seeded.This species is not recorded in Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana and A.S.rao.
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Brito, Rivas, Nicaragua
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Family: MimosaceaeDistribution: Common in scrub jungles. Found in India and Parts of Africa.Armed shrubs, 2-3 mts tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, bipinnate, leaflets 6-8 pairs; Stipules modified into spines. the thorns are 2-8cm long, sharp , hollow and white. Ants stay in these thorns. Flowers 2-3mm across, white, or creamy yellow, in 2-3cm long axilary fasiculate spikes.Pod reniform, black with 2 orbicular seeds. Wood is used as fuel. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
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Chihuahua, Mexico
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Estero, Florida, United States
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Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Family: MimosaceaeDistribution: Common inthe scrubs and also planted near villages. Found in India, Srilanka, Mayanmar, Malayasia. The bark is used for tanning and in alcohol distillation.gum is used in indigenous medicine. Photographed at N.Konda forest.Armed trees,5-6mts tall, bark smooth, yellow, Leaves 2.5-4cm long, bipinnate, pinnae 5-12 pairs, 2-5x1-2mm linear,oblong, stipular spines 0.5-2cm long ,Flowers 5-6mm across, white or pale yellow, in 0.5-1cm across in globose heads, heads in terminal panicles. Pod 6-8x 1cm linear oblong, flat tomentose, yellowish brown. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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Panama, Panama
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La Huerta, Maule Region, Chile
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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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in Alafia River State Park, Florida
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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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Family: MimosaceaeThorny shrub or small trees up to 3m tall.Leaves bipinnate, 5-6cm long, pinnae 4-8 pairs, spines short, straight, paired; Flower heads 1cm across, bright yellow, solitary, axillary, peduncle bracteate at apex, flowers fragrant. calyx companulate, petals nited, stamens many, shortly connate at base, pod 5-8cm long, 1 cm wide.one pod per head.often cultivated or run wild in tropics. Photographed at Nellore of India.
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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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Amado, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US
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The swellings are domatia housing myrmecophile ants which protect the tree. An eastern Africa species, also known as Swollen Thorn and placed in the Vachellia genus by some. Photo from Songea region, Tanzania.