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Acacia nilotica or Vachellia nilotica is a tree 5–20 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems and branches usually dark to black coloured, fissured bark, grey-pinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum. The tree has thin, straight, light, grey spines in axillary pairs, usually in 3 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7.5 cm (3 in) long in young trees, mature trees commonly without thorns.
Acacia nilotica is a pioneer (light-demanding), nitrogen-fixing tree, and is relatively fast growing on arid sites. It is an important riverine tree in India, Sudan and Senegal, where it is planted for timber. It has long been one of most popular farm trees throughout the Indian subcontinent for its many uses (timber, fuelwood, fodder, tannins ...
Solitary globose heads; golden yellow. Flowering from August-October. Fruit. A moniliform pod, stipitate, constricted, apex horned; seeds 13. Fruiting October onwards. Field tips. Rachis with many glands. Stipular thorns in pairs, very long and straight. Leaf Arrangement.
Dec 1, 2015 · Acacia nilotica (L.) is an important ornamental and medicinal plant of tropical and sub-tropical regions belongs to family Fabaceae of genus Acacia commonly known as babul, is a source of many active secondary metabolites which may serve as potential candidates for drug development with greatest possibility of success in near future.
Trees, to 8 m high; bark black with deep narrow longitudinal fissures, running spirally up the tree, exudation gummy; blaze pinkish-brown; branchlets blackish or greyish, smooth, the young ones densely pubescent with short stiff patent hairs.
Acacia nilotica. Africa and South Asia. Annual rainfall: 600-1200mm. Normal temp range: 9-40°C. Altitude range: 15-600m. Seasonal adaptability: withstands drought extremely well. Soils: prefers alkamine to neutral soils, deep soils, and alluvial loams; grows on heavier clay soils as well. Light requirement: requires full sun.
Sep 29, 2015 · Acacia nilotica is truly multipurpose nitrogen fixing leguminous tree in India commonly called as babul and is a source of Indian gum arabic. It is a complex species with nine subspecies, of which ...
