bark pale yellow in A.senegal and in case A.catechu dark brown. --- On Mon, 20/4/09, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:10880] Re: Acacia senegal To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc: "Devendra Bhardwaj" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Monday, 20 April, 2009, 8:19 PM .... any (striking) differences between A. senegal and A. catechu for lay persons to visualize ? Regards. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:15 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: Lovely pictures, Devendra ji. Some extracts from Wikipedia link (for pictures & more details, click on the link): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_senegal Acacia senegal is a small deciduous acacia tree known by the common names Rudraksha, 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 30cm in diameter.[1] New foliage is very useful as forage.[2] Dried seeds are used as food by humans.[2] It produces gum arabic, which 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. The gum is used for soothing mucous membranes of the intestine and to treat inflammed skin. It is also reportedly used as for its astringent properties, to treat bleeding, bronchitis, diarrhea, gonorrhea, leprosy, typhoid fever and upper respiratory tract infections.[2]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[2] 2009/4/20 Devendra Bhardwaj <[email protected]> Hello, It is a small,prickly tree,3-6Mt. high.Botanical name- Acacia senegal(Linn),Local Name-Kumtha also known as gum tree.Photos from Smiriti van ,jaipur.Indigenous tree of dry deciduous forest ..mixed with Anogissus pendula.Photo taken on 9-4-2009.Also medicinal uses. With Regard Devendra Bhardwaj >From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Click here. J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
