Acacia species ?- lonavala/ mulshi pune

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Acacia species ?- lonavala/ mulshi pune

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identification no240312sn1 : 4 images. 9 posts by 6 authors.

Kindly help in identification.

date/time:oct12

location:ambyvalley rd. lonavala/mulshi pune

habitat:wild

plant habit:Tree?

height:6-7 ft.

This seems to be Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.

This could be Chilarvel [Acacia torta]. Please check these links :

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Acacia$20torta$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/bcfTyspycTY/ZUU0i2KieF4J

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Acacia$20torta$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/j4XruspZDoY/T5YR8OoKZ9AJ

Negative for Chilarvel. Could be an another species of Acacia. Send the closeups of the flowers and foliage for proper ID..

Subabul ie Leucaena leucocephala will not have thorns whereas Acacias have thorns of varying sizes

Can be Acacia leucophloea...

A full tree pic would help as they have typical canopy structures.

I thought i knew this plant and tried to ID it. But now i find two more similar looking trees that can be confusing.

The images found in google search show - immature heads of Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib are maroon (purple?). Moreover, Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib has prickles.
Though FoP informs that Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd. may not have spines the illustration found in the same site shows paired spines - http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=115325&flora_id=5.
According to Flora of British India, Acacia leucophloea Willd. has 1/4th to 1 in. spines and heads are yellow.

I fail to find any prickle or spine in the images in this thread. But, at the same time, i am not sure if this can be Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.

One interesting point -

(i) pinnae 1.3-3.8 cm long in Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd. - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063323

(ii) pinnae 5 - 10 (16) cm long in Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit. - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200012201

I shall try to get more pictures if I am able to locate it.

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