Acacia planifrons

Species of legume

Umbrella thorn

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Fabales
Family:  | Fabaceae
Subfamily:  | Caesalpinioideae
Clade:  | Mimosoid clade
Genus:  | Acacia
Species:  |

A. planifrons

Binomial name
Acacia planifrons

Wight & Arn.

Synonyms

* Acacia planiformis Wight & Arn. [Spelling variant]
* Acacia roxburghii auct. non Wight & Arn. [1]

The umbrella thorn,[2] (Acacia planifrons), is a species of Acacia of the family Fabaceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. It is about 7m high thorny shrub.[3] Greyish-brown bark is thick with horizontal markings. Leaves are bipinnate, alternate; apex obtuse; margin entire. Flowers are white in color. Fruit is a pod.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Acacia planifrons Wight & Arn. — the Plant List".
2. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb (version 10)".
3. ^ "Multipurpose Tree Seeds : Acacia planifrons". Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
4. ^ "Acacia planifrons Wight & Arn".

## External links

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GROWTH RESPONSE OF ACACIA PLANIFRONS

Taxon identifiers

Acacia planifrons|

* Wikidata: Q15288323
* Wikispecies: Acacia planifrons
* CoL: 64BPW
* EoL: 643476
* GBIF: 2979418
* GRIN: 435529
* iNaturalist: 533327
* IPNI: 471161-1
* IRMNG: 10899902
* Observation.org: 385980
* Plant List: ild-33022
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471161-1
* Tropicos: 13024365
* WFO: wfo-0000186549

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