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    Acacia senegal is a small deciduous tree native to parts of Africa and Asia. It grows up to 12 meters tall. The tree is economically important for the gum arabic produced from its bark, which is used as a food additive and cosmetic. It also fixes nitrogen in the soil, enriching it for other crops. Various parts of the tree have traditional medical and other uses by local people.

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    Acacia senegal is a small deciduous tree native to parts of Africa and Asia. It grows up to 12 meters tall. The tree is economically important for the gum arabic produced from its bark, which is used as a food additive and cosmetic. It also fixes nitrogen in the soil, enriching it for other crops. Various parts of the tree have traditional medical and other uses by local people.

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    Acacia senegal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Acacia senegal
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    Acacia senegal is a small deciduous Acacia tree known by the common names Rfaudraksha, Gum Acacia, Gum Arabic Tree, or Gum Senegal Tree. It is native to semi-desert regions of SubSaharan Africa, as well as Oman, Pakistan, and northwestern India. It grows to This Gum Acacia tree was a height of 5-12m, with a trunk photographed at Taljai hill, Pune up to 30 cm in diameter.[1] A. senegal 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 A. seyal or talh gum.[2]

    Gum Arabic Tree

    Contents
    1 Uses 1.1 Gum arabic 1.2 Forage 1.3 Food 1.4 Agriculture 1.5 Traditional uses 1.6 Rope 1.7 Wood 2 Botanical variations 3 References 3.1 Notes 3.2 General references 4 External links

    Scientific classification Kingdom: (unranked): (unranked): (unranked): Order: Family: Genus: Species: Plantae Angiosperms Eudicots Rosids Fabales Fabaceae Acacia A. senegal Binomial name Acacia senegal
    Willd.

    Uses
    Gum arabic
    The tree is of great economic importance for the gum arabic it produces to be is used as a food additive, in crafts, and as a cosmetic. The gum is drained from cuts in the bark, and an individual tree will yield 200 to 300 grams. Seventy percent of the world's gum arabic is produced in Sudan.
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    Forage
    New foliage is very useful as forage.[3]

    Food
    Dried seeds are used as food by humans.[3]

    Agriculture
    Like other Acacia species, A. senegal fixes nitrogen within Rhizobia or nitrogen-fixing bacteria living in root nodules.[2] This nitrogen fixation enriches the poor soils where it is grown, allowing for the rotation of other crops in naturally nutrient-poor regions.

    Traditional uses
    It is reportedly used as for its astringent properties, to treat bleeding, bronchitis, diarrhea, gonorrhea, leprosy, typhoid fever and upper respiratory tract infections.[3]

    Rope
    Roots near the surface of the ground are quite useful in making all kinds of very strong ropes and cords. The tree bark is also used to make rope.[3]

    Wood
    Handles for tools, parts for weaving looms.[3]
    Acacia senegal

    Botanical variations

    Acacia senegal var. leiorhachis Brenan[4] Acacia senegal var. rostrata Brenan[4] Acacia senegal var. senegal[4]

    References
    Notes
    1. ^ World Agroforestry Centre (http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/SEA/Products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=108) 2. ^ a b Suliman, Mohamed Osman (2011). The Darfur Conflict : Geography or Institutions. New York: Routledge.
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    ISBN 978-0-415-88598-0. 3. ^ a b c d e Purdue University (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Acacia_senegal.html) 4. ^ a b c FAO (http://www.fao.org/docrep/V5360E/v5360e0n.htm)

    General references
    Van Wyk, Ben-Erik (2005). Food Plants of the World. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, Inc. ISBN 0-88192743-0

    External links
    Acacia senegal Photos (Google Images) (http://images.google.com/images? svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-88591&gbv=1&q=%22Acacia+senegal%22+&btnG=Search+Images) Acacia senegal (http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php? page_id=13&preview=true&searchTextMenue=Acacia+senegal&search=Wikitemplate) in West African plants - A Photo Guide. (http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/)

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