Acacia nilotica
Uses
India (Rajasthan, western): pods used as vegetable; seeds fried and eaten alone or mixed with jowar or bajra (millet) flour. Bark and/or gum reported eaten. Bark[?] also reported eaten by the Mbeere in the Embu district of Kenya.
Additional Information
- Name Authority:
- Delile.
- Vernaculars:
- Rajasthan (western): Babool. Mbeere: mu -Cemeri
- Misc:
- Chemical composition: see Jain & Tiwari
