Senegalia senegal

Senegalia senegal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Senegalia
Species:
S. senegal
Binomial name
Senegalia senegal
(L.) Britton
Synonyms[1]
  • Acacia circummarginata Chiov.
  • Acacia cufodontii Chiov.
  • Acacia glaucophylla sensu Brenan
  • Acacia kinionge sensu Brenan
  • Acacia oxyosprion Chiov.
  • Acacia rupestris Boiss.
  • Acacia senegal (L.) Willd.
  • Acacia senegal subsp. modesta (Wall.) Roberty
  • Acacia senegal subsp. senegalensis Roberty
  • Acacia somalensis sensu Brenan
  • Acacia sp. 1 F. White
  • Acacia spinosa Marloth & Engl.
  • Acacia thomasii sensu Brenan
  • Acacia volkii Suess.
  • Mimosa senegal L.

Senegalia senegal (also known as Acacia senegal) is a small thorny deciduous tree from the genus Senegalia, which is known by several common names, including gum acacia, gum arabic tree, Sudan gum and Sudan gum arabic. In parts of India, it is known as Kher or Khor.[2] It is native to semi-desert regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as Oman, Pakistan, and west coastal India. It grows to a height of 5–12 metres (16-40'), with a trunk up to 30 cm (1') in diameter.[3] Sudan is the source of the world's highest quality gum arabic, known locally as hashab gum in contrast to the related, but inferior, gum arabic from Red acacia or talah gum.[4]

  1. ^ "Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. — the Plant List".
  2. ^ Pervez, Amjad; Ahmad, Syed Muzaffar; Lathiya, Shaher Bano; Khadijah, Erum (2009). "Food Habits of the Indian Crested Porcupine, Hystrix indica in Sindh, Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 41 (4): 321. ISSN 0030-9923. ProQuest 992958322.
  3. ^ World Agroforestry Centre Archived 2007-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Suliman, Mohamed Osman (2011). The Darfur Conflict : Geography or Institutions. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-88598-0.