ACACIA LEUCOPHL^IA. Willd. (Nat. ord. Leguminosae ; Sub-ord. Mimosas ; Tribe Aeacieae.) 



For QeD. Char, see under Acaeia Arabica. 



ACACIA LEUCOPHLiEA. (Willd.) A good aized tree , armed with stipulary thorns, leaves bipinnate, pinnse 7-12 pairs 

 with a gland below the first and between some of the last pairs, leaflets 16-30 pairs oblong linear pubescent or nearly glabrous, panicles 

 large terminal, or from the upper axils, branches and peduncles shortly tomentose, heads of flowers globose shortly peduncled, corol 5 

 cleft, stamens numerous distinct, legume narrow linear long curved shortly tomentose. Willd. Sp. 4, p. 1083 ; — W. A. Prod. 277 ; — 

 Mimosa leucophkea. Roxb. Fl. Lid. ii. p. 558. 



This white barked Acacia is readily distinguished by its pam'cled globular inflorescence, and stipulary thorns; it is a common tree throughout 

 the three Presidencies and in Ceylon. The timber is hard and strong, much like Babul, but closer grained and of a deeper color ; it is used for the same 

 purposes. A cubic foot unseasoned weighs 62 lbs., and 55 lbs. when seasoned ■ its specific gravity is - 8S0. It makes excellent fuel for locomotive pur '- 

 poses. It is called Sufaed Keekar in Hindustanee, Velvaylum in Tamil; 'Telia tumd in Teligoo, Hewar in Bombay, and Katua ndara iiiCeijkm,. 



The bark is largely used in the distillation of arrack from Jagiri ; it also yields a fibre which is tough and strong, and used for fishing nets awl 



cordage. 



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