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Acacia senegal Sensu O.B.Mill.

Synonym: Acacia galpinii Burtt Davy
Acacia senegal unripe fruit
Acacia senegal unripe fruit
Acacia senegal tree
Acacia senegal tree
Acacia senegal spine
Acacia senegal spine
Acacia senegal seeds
Acacia senegal seeds
Acacia senegal ripe fruit
Acacia senegal ripe fruit
Acacia senegal leaf twig
Acacia senegal leaf twig
Acacia senegal flower
Acacia senegal flower
Acacia senegal bark
Acacia senegal bark
Acacia senegal unripe fruit
Acacia senegal tree
Acacia senegal spine
Acacia senegal seeds
Acacia senegal ripe fruit
Acacia senegal leaf twig
Acacia senegal flower
Acacia senegal bark
🗒 Synonyms
No Data
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Gum arabic tree
Hin
  • Kumttha
Kannada
  • Mulli mara
Other
  • Gum Acacia
  • Gum Arabic Tree
  • Kumtha
  • Or Gum Senegal Tree
  • Rudraksha
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Bark light brown, scaly, rough. Tiny white flowers in bottle briush like clusters.
Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
Contributors 
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
References 
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Cyclicity
    Leaf Fall

    December--May

    Flowering

    June

    Fruiting

    July--March

    Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
    Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
      Reproduction
      Propagation Techniques

      Direct sowing of seeds.

      Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
      Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
        Dispersal
        Dispersers

        Dispersers: Self,Livestock

        Pollinators

        Pollinators: Bee,Insect

        Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
        Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY_NC
        References 
          Size
          Seed Size

          1.2 cm.

          Tree Height

          5 m.

          Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
          Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY_NC
          References 
            Growth
            High
            Competitiveness

            Medium

            Where To Plant

            Field border

            Growth Rate

            slow growing

            Drought Tolerance

            High

            Drainage

            Moderate

            Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
            Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY_NC
            References 
              Morphology
              Tree Type

              Deciduous

              Canopy

              Semi

              Leaf Type

              Kaggli like

              Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
              Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY_NC
              References 
                Miscellaneous Details
                Interesting Facts

                Dried fruits used as fodder.

                Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY_NC
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                  No Data
                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  Description
                  Throughout India, except Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram.
                  Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                  Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY_NC
                  References 
                    Endemic Distribution
                    Nativity

                    Native

                    Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                    Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY_NC
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Occurrence
                      No Data
                      📚 Demography and Conservation
                      Conservation Status
                      Not Evaluated
                      Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                      Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY_NC
                      References 
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses
                        Medicinal :

                        Medicinal : Leaf,Fruit

                        Food:

                        Food: Inedible

                        Fodder:

                        Fodder: Goat

                        Fuelwood:

                        Fuelwood: Good fuelwood

                        Services And Uses

                        Nitrogen fixing, Wind break, Live fence, Nectar source, Implements

                        Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                        Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY_NC
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Information Listing
                          References

                          Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          Ecology and conservation of threatened plants in Tapkeshwari Hill ranges in the Kachchh Island, Gujarat, India

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          Additions to the flora of Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          Additional floral elements to the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa
                          No Data
                          📚 Meta data
                          Meta data
                          Map5.tif
                          Acacia senegal_LC.tif
                          5 Kaggli-like leaf.tif
                          Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                          Attributions Kavitha, A., N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph. Common Dryland Trees of Karnataka: Bilingual Field Guide. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, 2017
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY_NC
                          References 
                            No Data
                            🐾 Taxonomy
                            RootRoot
                            KingdomPlantae
                            PhylumTracheophyta
                            ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                            OrderFabales
                            FamilyFabaceae
                            GenusAcacia
                            SpeciesAcacia galpinii Burtt Davy
                            📊 Temporal Distribution
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