Acacia ferruginea DC.
| Kannada Name : | Banni mara, Kiri banni |
| Common Name : | Rusty acacia |
| Family Name : | Fabaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Acacia ferruginea |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Vulnerable |
| Flowering Period : | March - May |
| Fruiting Period : | June - August |
| Origin : | India, Sri Lanka |
Uses
A bark decoction, in conjunction with ginger is frequently used as an astringent for the teeth. The wood is mostly used in cartwheels, posts, beams and agricultural implements.
Description
Medium-sized tree, up to 20m tall. Leaves are alternately arranged, double-compound, prickles twin, infra-stipular, slightly curved. Flowers are pale yellow in numerous lax axillary spikes, which are often panicled at the end of the branches. Pods glabrous, contain a dry sweetish pulp, dark brown and pinnately dehiscent, 3-7 seeded. Seeds flat ovate, oblong, distinctly stalked, greenish to brown.
