Acacia senegal
Senegal Gum
Summary 3
Senegalia senegal (formerly Acacia senegal) is a small deciduous Acacia tree from the genus Senegalia, known by the common names Rfaudraksha, Gum Acacia, Gum Arabic Tree, or Gum Senegal Tree. It is native to semi-desert regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as Oman, Pakistan, and northwestern India. It grows to a height of 5-12m, with a trunk up to 30 cm in diameter.S. senegal is the source of the world's highest quality gum arabic, known locally as...
Description 4
Slender tree with long erect, straggly branches. Hooked prickles in threes at the nodes; lateral prickles pointing down, the middle one pointing upwards. Leaves up 6 × 6 cm with 3-5 pairs of pinnae, bearing grey-green leaflets. Flowers in axillary spikes, white, appearing before the leaves. Pod linear-oblong, up to 9 × 2 cm, mostly straight, flat, papery to somewhat leathery, rounded or pointed at the apex but not distinctly beaked, pale brown, dehiscent. See A. senegal var. rostrata for comparison.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Rob Burrett, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/12/126190-1.jpg
- (c) Rob Burrett, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/12/126190-5.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_senegal
- (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/19237933
