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Acacia senegal
Acacia senegal
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Acacia senegal
(L.) Willd
Synonyms :
Mimosa senegal
L.
Common Name :
Goradiyo Baval, Gum Arabic
Plant Family :
Mimosaceae
Plant Form :
Tree
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Sarita Udyan
About Acacia senegal Plant :
Habit :
A tall-armed deciduous tree with rough, rusty brown bark, 3-6 m. high, distinct stipular spines in threes.
Stem :
Glaucous-grey, aerial, erect, branched.
Leaves :
Bipinnate, leaf stalk downy, one gland on the petiole and one between the uppermost pair of pinnae, pinnae 3-5 pairs, 1.5-2 cm long.
Inflorescence :
Spikes.
Flowers :
Flowers fragrant, white or creamy white in 6-10 cm long, axillary, solitary or 2-3 fascicled spikes.
Complete, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, hypogynous.
Androecium consists of many stamens.
Fruits :
Pods thin, flat,glabrous when old, linear-oblong or lanceolate, reticulate.
Seeds :
5-6.
Flowering and Fruiting time :
August - April
Significance :
The gum of this tree forms the true Gum Arabic of commerce, but is often mixed with the gums of several other species of
Acacia
.
The gum is used both internally and externally as a demulcent and emollient.
The wood is used in making tool handles.